| 单词 | lubber |
| 例句 | “Mr. Bowditch, sir, is it true that you let Johnny look through your sextant? Or was the little lubber lying to us?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Orders, you lubber. And what are you doing, Shagrat? Tired of lurking up there? Thinking of coming down to fight?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The last poor lubber had got his sea legs. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t get around a cape! You double it! You—you—lubber!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "The famous buccaneers," as Stevenson called them, were not chivalrous adventurers, but "lubbers and swabs, and downright dunces." Long-lost essay by 'Dr. Jekyll' author published 2013-03-14T11:45:09Z There are a long list of slurs and of terms such as waste people, vagrants, rascals, rubbish, lubbers, squatters, crackers, clay-eaters, degenerates, rednecks, and of course, trailer trash. The deep roots of “white trash” in America: “Not only are we not a post-racial society, we are certainly not a post-class society” 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Beware you land lubbers as you enter the lair of the Kraken. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on Kraken, return of the Mariners and golden era of unlimited hydroplanes 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The birds have learned to wait for the toxins to fade before eating a lubber’s insides, according to Kern. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z “Arrrrr, how solemn it grows, to ascend to the atmosphere of lubbers,” I growled, sounding like an Irish alcoholic. 'Rejection didn’t hurt my pride - I had none left': confessions of a failed actor | Rhik Samadder 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Nearly 50 million years ago, the ancestor of all cetaceans—a group that includes dolphins and whales—began its transition from land lubber to aquatic all-star. Building a Bigger Dolphin Brain 2012-06-27T00:01:00Z The lubber's line was a point west of north. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z "What be you up to, you young lubber?" he shouted. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Around the park’s Homestead entrance last week, hundreds of lubbers were splattered on the asphalt, their crushed orange armors gleaming in the sunlight. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z I was on a platform some ten feet square, but the lubber's holes reduced the standing room by nearly a quarter. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Sam would come out bright; he wasn't never made for a land lubber, your honor: his heart is too big, too big for that, I always knowed it was.' I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z Hi, y' lubbers," he yelled to the crew; "lower th' dory. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Well, a ketch—an' the rest on you pay attention, too; if ye just take notice to wotever I says, ye lubbers, you'll soon know a heap about the sea an' other things. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Adult lubbers don’t congregate like the young, so you’ll need to look in every single plant. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z He then climbed up hurriedly, till his head and shoulders were through the lubber's hole. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z When Darwin objects to the brutality, the Pirate Captain assures him that only “fools and lubbers” would be sacrificed, concluding, “It’s for the good of the species.” A Pirate's Life for Me: Celebrating the Science of Pirates 2012-03-08T22:15:00.230Z "Pull--you lubber, pull!" yelled old Jack Knight. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z You lubbers," they bawled, "shout for the Bill! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Catch them while they are young: spray with pesticide as soon as you see black swarms of baby lubbers in Spring. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z When yon lubber comes to himself, tell him to make hotfoot for Lyme, and put hundreds of leagues of sea betwixt him and us. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z And if any one of ’em is such a lubber that he won’t set himself to learn, why, I’ll spank him with a dried codfish as if I had him aboard a fishing-vessel. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z There was no shouting of “Easy sta’board!” or “Easy port!” as when a lubber is coxswain. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z A pirate bold, on th' Spanish Main— Set sail, yo-ho, an' away we go— "Starboard yore helm, you lubbers!" he shouted when the horses headed towards Mexico. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z If you find adult lubbers in your yard, pick them off by hand and drown them. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Behind and below him were the knives and pistols of the pirates, above him was I, covering his trembling body with a pistol that I steadied against the edge of the lubber's hole. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z "Have you seen any more of these lubbers?" he asked, after I had returned from carrying out his instructions. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The crew, again according to Steele, were a very mixed lot, a few good seamen, the rest just lubbers out of the crimp house. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z It conveys to the nautical mind an idea of skill which no "lubber" can possess. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z One of the few natural predators of live lubbers is the shrike, a small bird that can decapitate the grasshoppers with its beak or impale them on thorns or barbed-wire fences. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z One day I remember he was fairly caught; he got up into the main-rigging, and actually through the lubber hole into the main-top. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z I asked that," replied Uncle Philip, "hoping that they were; but, unluckily for the service, they were all provided with sworn friends, who jumped heroically into the sea, and fished the lubbers out. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z She called Nick Wabberley a lazy lubber, and as for Joshua Chick, she said his eyes made her feel creepy, and he ate enough for four decent men. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z "Man the side, you lubbers!" added the boatswain, rather improving on the suggestion of Somers, given him at this moment. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z “If growers and gardeners are vigilant, they can break the lubbers’ cycle in a couple of generations by not allowing any babies to mature.” Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z He was a great, hulkin', cross-eyed lubber, too lazy to get out of his own way, and as shif'less as a body could be and take pains enough to live. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Eastern lubbers tend to prefer open pine woods, weedy fields and heavily vegetated roadsides, usually along drainage ditches, according to University of Florida researchers. Creepy-looking lubbers make short-lived splash in Southeast 2011-08-25T19:10:52Z "All right, little lubber, give me some money then." The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z But you will never ride on this creature, you lubber!--or if you do, you will ride like a fool.' With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Elizabeth Tonsmeire, a visitor from Raleigh, held two lubbers in her hand and explained to her two-year-old son Henry that they weren’t mean: “Look how beautiful they are,” she told him. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z “Yah-h-h! you clumsy lubber!” roared Van; and then to one or two about him: “Lower the dinghy, and pick up that bird.” Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z By some people he is called "the clumsy grasshopper," and by others he is dubbed "the great lubber locust," while by the scientific men, as usual, he has been given a long Latin name. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z The little lubber, in every respect pleased with the turn matters had taken, obeyed with pleasure. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Don’t laugh, you lubber, but get your biggest carving knife, and hide here in the middle watch: there’s a game on, my lad, and I want you to help to retake the ship.” Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z If you are vigilant for a couple of years, you’ll get rid of lubbers for good. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z All to a man——besides yourself, and a monkey——the three land lubbers, that edged away in the morning, goes for nothing, you know—they're all dead, may-hap, by this. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z In one of his journeys with his master, he chanced to fall among those queer grasshoppers—the lubber locusts. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z “Where are you coming to, you lubber?” shouted out a voice furiously. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z “The lubbers are asleep,” he cried, angrily; and hurrying to where the men should have been, he found that they were missing, and ran to the hatchway. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z The lubber grasshopper is making its annual appearance across South Florida, with perhaps their largest - at least most visible - concentration in the sprawling national park. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z “You lubbers!” bellowed Sam, scrambling to his feet, nearly upsetting the skiff in his efforts to get his eyes on the man who was responsible for knocking him down. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z The officer of the deck, who had been roaring up angry imprecations to the "lazy lubbers" on the yard to "make haste and get in that sail," jumped back toward the wheel. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Well, as any lubber knows, the Portugee sailed these seas two hundred years ago; why shouldn't one of 'em have been wrecked with all her cargo and never been heard of since? A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z For you are a lump of blubber, Whale rejoined you are land lubber, Thus bandying epithets so vile, Of bear grease and of whale oil. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can’t fly. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Then, you see, there came that lubber, Christian Kohlhaas,--a real horned-beast of a creature,--there he was with his full cart coming back to the pit. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z "Well, Herr," said the Bailiff again, and he scratched his head, "even if it is so,--still my Hanchen is too young for the old lubber." In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z Handle that man carefully, you lubbers, or you will do his business for him before you can get him to the doctor. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z Ah, is it luffing you are, you mutinous lubber? must I overhaul you?” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Between late February and March, baby lubbers emerge from clusters of eggs buried about two inches into the soil and almost immediately start attacking plants in large swarms. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z His thick lubber lips were drawn heavily downward, and under his besom brows his little eyes were red and his eyelids swollen. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z He heard an exclamation of "Thundering lubber!" in Captain Duff's voice, and then the sloop was again lost to sight. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z He was sitting on deck, dandling his monkey on his knee, when a careless lubber let a pot containing red paint fall from the tops. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z He reached the Jacob's ladder and went out instead of going through the lubber's hole. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Many young lubbers are eaten by spiders, birds and other insects. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z I live up there, at Hazelden—devilish near being killed here, by that lubber there. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z I heard what you said to the lubber as brought you aboard, and I always respects a boy as respects his mother. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Not a taste of lobscouse will you lubbers get until you give up my hog. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z “I say, fisherman,” he said, addressing Tom Jennen, but meaning it for the group, “If I were you I should use the rope’s-end there, and try to make those cowardly young lubbers men!” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Fast-forward a few months, though, and the lubber becomes an almost invincible warrior in shining bright - and toxic - armor: the lubber’s colorful exoskeleton serves as a warning that says’I’m poisonous’ to predators. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z "Done something! you've broke my neck, you lubber!" panted Mr. Vane Etherage, who, his legs not being available, had been placed sitting with some cloaks about him, on the bank. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Two or three voyages will make a man of you, and you will then be able to go back home, and teach the lubber manners, should he forget ’em. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z "Just now he climbed up the rigging, inserted his person through the lubber's hole, and seated himself in the foretop." The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z I've a mind to return the compliment with my fists, you lubber.' The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Some birds have learned they can eat dead lubbers splattered on roads. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z “Why, you stupid lubbers, you didn’t load!” roared the sailor. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z Should any lubber pull alongside, my name's not Jenkins if I don force him to strike his colours, and shove off with broken timbers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 "You lying lubbers!" said the mate, coming forward, followed by the sailors. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Well, I'm only a lubber, you know," answered True, "and have but a landsman's notion of things. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies “The lubbers are part of the ecosystem and have been around as long as the Everglades has,” said Ryan Hess, a ranger at Everglades National Park. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z “Give up, you lubbers!” cried the first sailor. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z I wish the lubber's back had a round dozen that invented the word—good-by! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 "What do you mean, you red-headed lubber?" he shouted, with much the lungs of his father. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories Hello, you lubbers!"—addressing the sailors,—"get up, here! Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies But this is South Florida, home of bizarre and showy creatures, and it’s high Eastern lubber season. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Get out of my sight and take your hands out of your pockets, you insolent little lubber. Sinister Street, vol. 1 "You lubber!" growled Lewis.—"Isn't there a man among you who can pull an oar?" Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Now it was only a world for sneaks and lubbers. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Some one called out the name of "Rodney, the sailor," whereat the old Lord Admiral turned up his little red nose, looked contemptuously at the speaker, and muttered something about "land lubbers." Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies "Why, to give the lubbers one more kick!" The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day But this lubber, Evan Evans, was more harm than good, having lost every atom of his tongue except the part that’s constructed to do the swearing. Seven Frozen Sailors "There's a good bit may be the matter, Master Eden, before this gang of lubbers steps ashore in France," he answered. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Here, Mr Lowe, lend a hand with this lubber; he nearly did for me just now, but we are quits.” The Ruined Cities of Zululand "What—what do you mean, you—you lubber?" demanded Needle angrily, rubbing the injured member, then shaking a fist under the red-headed boy's nose. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers They counted that I must have drowned, since one of the lubbers aimed a blow at my head and shattered the gunwale of the boat. The Minute Boys of Boston Gwen went on talking; and at last, when she saw what was up, she ran and fetched my father, and the old lubber hoisted me somehow indoors, and shoved me into a hammock. Seven Frozen Sailors We cease to be ‘land lubbers’ from this instant. Dorothy on a House Boat I'll ask every old land lubber on the docks when we touch port. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe "You lubber, what did you do that for?" demanded the coxswain. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers “Do you suppose you two land lubbers can manage, without running us aground?” inquired Jim. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine I always took ye for a honest lubber.” Seven Frozen Sailors "You have met the lubber Michel, the Dutchman?" asked the little man, laughing strangely between each word. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors "Any lubber could have tied her up better than you did." To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon "Nice kind of a lubber to put aboard the gig!" growled a voice. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers It was not easy, therefore, to find someone willing to accept this rôle, and generally some lubber of an apprentice, who had failed in everything else, was pitchforked into it. Pretty Michal "Are you lubbers going to stand there and let the man die before your eyes?" he shouted. Marcy The Refugee "Oh, all ye heavenly hosts!" cried the old gentleman, in a rage, "doesn't this lubber know as well as possible that I never speak with strangers in the house!" The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Such lubbers seem to think that they have a covenanted right to cut out little fellows like me. Eyes Like the Sea What are you doing down there, you lazy lubbers? The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers I take it a Captain's commission, with four ministers' hands to it--signed and countersigned, should be as good as a lubber's warrant. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. He nodded salute, slung his luggage to the same urchin with the cry, "Hook it, you lubber!" and, turning to me, said, "Ta, ta, sheering off again." Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) They were knocked about, an' beat, an' bullied, an' kicked, an' starved,—worse than the laziest lubber as ever skulked about the decks o' a ship. The Boy Slaves Go on, you lazy lubber, pick the stuff up again! A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Chorus.—Nor a skipper like Nelson from lubbers like me. Collected Poems Volume One Come, bear a hand there--do you hear, you lubbers a-head! Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. And if one of you lubbers so much as winks an eyelid, by George, I’ll heave him overboard!” The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment; lubbers as couldn’t keep what they got, and want to nail what is another’s. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) "Woman overboard, you lubber," said a brother tar; "didn't you hear that screech?" Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 "Here's some raw pork, and some grog, though it's a pity to waste grog on such a lubber—now, you must eat as if you'd never ate before, if you don't, you are a goner." Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 The lubber grunted like a pig, and every time he stopped for want of breath in come Master Dolly again with a lightning one which shook him like a thunder-bolt. The House Under the Sea A Romance "What did you heave Old Cuff out of the top for?" said the first one of the larboard watch, whose head came through the "lubber's hole." An Old Sailor's Yarns Get back to your place for a lubber, Tom.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Begone, you illiterate lubber!—My dear Charles, I have a thousand things to say to you, and this is an unfit place for conversation. The Politician Out-Witted "Well, that's a queer son of a lubber; I wonder what he's after now." Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 "Why, Barebones saw to that," says one of them, no doubt meaning Czerny thereby; "Barebones saw to that, though precious little of it the lubber drank!" The House Under the Sea A Romance The lutin of the smiling land of France is a mere capering trickster, and the "lubber fiend" of Milton's poem is pictured as an unpaid adjunct of the dairy. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Lay to! belay! you lazy lubbers, forrard—or whatever is the correct nautical expression to make her jump. The Tale of Timber Town Well, yes, they do have a few lubbers on board that they call sailors. Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He was aroused at length by the same tar who had first noticed his sickness, "I say, lubber, are you sick?" Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Well, if ever I met the like of land lubbers! Donald and Dorothy “Don’t dodge it, you lubber!” the man roared, in answer to the mountaineer’s instinctive movement. Heart of the Blue Ridge Everybody pervaded the decks morning, noon, and evening; the most squeamish recovered confidence in twenty-four hours; and every constitutional lubber concluded he was a born sailor. The Dark Star Look at this young lubber"—giving him a shake—"pale as a mouldy biscuit! The Black Buccaneer "Come on deck, you lubbers below, and cheer our first prize," shouted the mate, who was almost beside himself with joy and excitement. True To His Colors Will had gained great confidence in himself when he found that he was able to climb the mast in the ordinary way, while Tom Stevens was able only to crawl up through the lubbers’ hole. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson And so, one infamy at a time is not enough for the sin-dealing land lubber; he wanted to worm out of me——Robin! ahoy! The Buccaneer A Tale Heave to, and be— Heave to, you infernal lubbers! if you don’t I’ll sink you!” The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea "Don't stand there, you lubber!" shouted the man with the broken nose. The Black Buccaneer “Let me come and take stroke oar; the lubbers pretty well scratted my eyes out.” Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop You are a courageous little fellow; I never before saw a lad who went outside the lubbers’ hole on his first ascent. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Robin was not tardy in following, nor long in getting into conversation, though the remembrance of the "land lubbers" still rankled in the old man's mind. The Buccaneer A Tale Now go to your compass and see that its lubber line is exactly fore and aft and in the keel line of the ship. Lectures in Navigation "Get up, ye young lubber!" roared the man and swore fiercely as the boy, unable to move, still lay upon his back. The Black Buccaneer “That was a regular pig’s whisper, and no mistake.—Quiet, you lubber!” he added, giving his messmate a shake. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop The lubbers’ hole had been pointed out to him, but he was determined to avoid the ignominy of having to go up through it. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson I reckon I can handle any ship that was ever built," he said, "but I'm a lubber on land, boys. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades The lubber line, therefore, will always represent the bow of the ship, and the point on the compass card nearest the lubber line will be the point toward which the ship is heading. Lectures in Navigation The plashing of rain hissed in the sea, and a voice p. 259would come out of the unseen—“Port, you lubber!” The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" There was nothing of the lubber about poor Ben: always the first man at his duty, and ready to share his last copper with a fellow-mortal in distress, whether seaman or landsman. Select Temperance Tracts Grabbing the German by the legs, he hung on like grim death, shouting to his comrades to "tackle the lubber". The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War "What do you mean, you lubber?" he cried. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good In other words, if the ship is heading NW, the pelorus must be set with the NW point on the lubber line when the bearing is taken of any object. Lectures in Navigation "Wait awhile," he answered, looking anxiously behind him, where a mist gathered on the sea; "let 'em lower a boat, the lubbers!" The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea "I am not talking to you, lowland lubber," said Conrad; "you would do better to seat yourself behind the stove; that is your right place when people are canvassing grave questions of science." The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Would he never be satisfied, the great, greedy, overgrown lubber? Our Bird Comrades This is an old term of reproach for idleness, and is here quoted only as bearing upon the nautical lubber. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. All being ready, secure the lubber's point of the pelorus at North and clamp the sight vane to the sun's magnetic bearing at the time you have figured to take the first heading. Lectures in Navigation Will you have it hot, or will you have it the other way for a parcel of cold-livered lubbers? The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea I was just going to dash a redhot iron at the grizzly-bearded lubber's snow-white head, when Silly came across my thoughts. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck It was a good idea giving them half a day’s start, for some of them, I daresay, we’ll find are lazy lubbers.” As We Sweep Through The Deep A lubber; an old term of utter contempt. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This "lubber fiend" is frequently the popular name of the nightmare. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 "Close haul, you lubbers; close haul!" roared Dan, in the vain delusion that his voice would be heard a quarter of a mile away. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea What is this big lubber here, and what is his name? The Sundering Flood The lubbers are asleep, and we shall run them down easily. The Merryweathers So is it considered by every one aboard the man-of-war, from the captain commanding to the latest joined “lubber of a landsman”—a thought that has been in their minds ever since the chase commenced. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea "Avast there, you lubber!" said the sailor, who had felt it time to interfere. Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant The lubbers could no more lay a finger on me, given fair fight, than they could touch the moon. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Can't you see the world's wide, and there's room for us all, Both for seamen and lubbers ashore? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 “Turn out, you lazy lubber, turn out,” he shouted. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant "Shiver me! you lubber, but you don't pass," he said. Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds Safe as a church, here or there, you lubbers. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Yes, he shall go," he cried; "if we swing, he shall swing, the preaching lubber! The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea A wind dead aft, blanketing more than half the canvas, is called a lubber's wind. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Longshore lubbers like those never recollect what a man may have done for his country in times gone by. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant While he had winked his eyes, so it seemed to him, the true course had fairly straddled away from the lubber line. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 "The thwarts: lubbers call them the seats," replied the old seaman, laughing. The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton While laying at Point Lookout on our way home a severe March storm came up, dreadful to a land lubber like me. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After They were knocked about an’ beat an’ bullied an’ kicked an’ starved worse than the laziest lubber as ever skulked about the decks o’ a ship. The Boy Slaves "I don't see why it couldn't have been one of us big lubbers of boys instead of her," he grumbled to his mother. Peggy-Alone And you lubbers below, wake up there!’ he exclaimed over the fore-hatch, firing a shot down below as he spoke. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek The ‘lubber’ part of it was too clearly aimed at me to be mistaken; but I could not discover in it anything but nonsense all the way through to the end. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner Then up spoke the Cook, of our gallant ship, And he was a lubber brave: 'I have several wives in various ports, And my life I'd orter save.' The Book of Humorous Verse I leaped to one side and partially avoided the blow, and then rushing in towards the mast I looked down the lubber’s hole to see if Brace was below. Ran Away to Sea But what impressed us most—we almost laughed to see her—was the lubber of the fleet. The U-boat hunters Then I knew I would have a fair show, so I walked up to the big colonel and said, "You are a big lubber, and can't fight just a little bit." Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi The mate now complimented me by exclaiming, ‘Why, look at the lubber!’ Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner Well, just as we turned into the Grande Place, the lubber grazed my wheel again. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 The captain, it is said, on seeing it, merely observed, “Throw the lubbers overboard.” How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 You cowardly lubbers, why didn’t you come sooner to help me, instead of leaving me to frizzle here? In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" I was ready to give him my head when he got up, but the big lubber said, "That will do." Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Then he stared at me again, and cried: ‘Is that the lubber Hardy, of the Blackbird?’ Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner That lubber Groggy Fox ran into me, cut down my bulwarks, and carried away my bowsprit an’ some o’ my top-hamper.” The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea “Wo-ho! heave-ho! you lubbers!” he cried, and giving a lurch to right, but with desperate energy he saved himself from a fall, and tried to begin again. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy The flies used are never smaller than our sea-trout size, and they are more often larger; but the best anglers catalogue you as a lubber if you wield anything heavier than a boy's rod. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler “Rouse up, you lazy lubber!” he roared in my ears. The Island Treasure “And now for some rope-pie for the stubborn young lubber,” said the skipper, lifting a bit of rope as he spoke. Eric, or Little by Little Semi-definite's outlandish; But I see, in half a squint, That he speaks of the lubbers who call for a quart, When they can't manage more than a pint. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I I ascended readily enough, intending to go through the lubbers’ hole, as the opening in the top is called through which the lower shrouds lead. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Next morning at dawn we reached New Sestros, where my ten lubbers were landed without delay. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Put your back into it, ye lubbers, an’ let her rip, I tell ye; she’s all oak!” The Island Treasure The first words he addressed to him were— “I say, you young lubber, you must pay your footing.” Eric, or Little by Little "Look out, you lubbers!" grunted the man with the pipe. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win The lubber mate was, at least, a diligent student. Fair Harbor The demon rabble of “Popular Tales” are merely the lubber fiends of heathen mythology, beings endowed with supernatural might, but scantily provided with mental power; all of terrific manual clutch, but of weak intellectual grasp. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore "This is not the first time that you have been aloft, sir," one of the top-men said, as he followed Wilkinson's example, instead of going up through the lubber's hole. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt It's a great note," muttered Shorty Brown, "that we have to wait on those big lubbers of sophomores and seniors. Tess of the Storm Country “Throw the lubbers overboard!” exclaimed the captain, kicking contemptuously their mangled remains. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy For my part, I had become quite a sailor, and could ascend and descend easily to the truck without creeping through the lubber’s hole. Hudson Bay “Ease off the sheets there, you lubbers!” shouted the drunken man, as he seized the tiller and looked at the compass. The Lifeboat To this the other made no reply, but, turning to his men, said: “Make fast there, lads; signal the other boats, and pull away for the ship; look sharp, you lubbers.” The Red Eric “Let go, you lubber,” said the sailor next to windward of Reuben, on the yard. Rattlin the Reefer I was afraid to venture, and then he proposed that I should go through lubber’s hole, which he said had been made for people like me. Peter Simple “Yes, and if it’s lopsided, call me a lubber.” Jacob Faithful "Split me, you little beggar?" thinks I, "if I doesn't show you the odds betwixt a common sailor, as ye call it, and a lubber of a boy, before long!" The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. ‘Either a friend or a lubber has done this,’ exclaimed my mate. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Six hours!—bless me—I would certainly rope’s—end those lubbers in your boat. Rattlin the Reefer “You may go through the lubber’s hole,” said Tom, when we reached the top. Paddy Finn A plague on those musty old lubbers, Who tell us to fast and to think, And patient fall in with life’s rubbers, With nothing but water to drink! Jacob Faithful "Keep off the quarter-deck, you lubber," says he, giving him a wheel down into the lee-scuppers—"it's well the captain didn't catch ye!" The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. “I think if we was to clap ’em on to them Spanish lubbers, it wouldn’t be amiss, sir,” said he to me, holding up a pair before me. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman “What are you about, you lubbers?” shouted a voice from the latter ship. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley “The lubbers should have taken care to use more grease if they wanted to surprise us.” Hurricane Hurry “Put the vessel to rights, you lubbers,” cried the skipper. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin “Hold hard,” says the captain; “I’ll not have the hands thrown away for a careless, useless lubber who can’t hold fast.” Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures “What the deuce are you lubbers about, that you cannot keep yourself clear of your neighbours?” sung out Bowse’s mate, from the main rigging. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea “Fasten that to a strong bar; and look out not to make a lubber’s knot,” added the voice. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas I mean, avast hauling, you lubbers!’ and he swore and stamped with rage when he saw the men tittering near him, and wanted to know what they were laughing at.” The Three Lieutenants Let go at us; call us swabs and lubbers, anything you can lay your tongue to; the men ’ll like it from you. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea Yes, he was going now, leaving all the sunshine of his life behind him, the best part of his life and— "Now then, mister, bear a hand there, ain't there longshore lubbers enough wi'out you?" The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas “Out of the way, you great clumsy lubber!” Fitz the Filibuster Does the lubber think the Dons will let him stay there quietly to fire at them?” Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas He called the monkey all the lazy, idle, good-for-nothing swabs, lubbers, and humbugs possible, while the effect was droll in the extreme. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle “Hold your row, will you, you lubber,” growled Barney, seizing his son by the collar, setting him on his legs, and giving him a good shake at the same time. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea The sub-prior bids me say that we harbour no strange, idling, lubber lads nor strange dogs here. The Armourer's Prentices Here, Mr Burnett, sir, and you, Mr Poole, never you mind them cowardly lubbers; come inside and have a hunt. Fitz the Filibuster Of all the clumsy lubbers I have ever had the misfortune to be shipmate with, that skipper is about the biggest and most lubberly. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel And you, my fine young shaver, with your dandy rig, you’d better be doing something to earn your salt, and not be a useless lubber, looking on like a fine lady! Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle “See if you can’t teach that lubber how to climb aloft and free a flag when he is told, without taking a month of Sundays over the job!” Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy “Pish! what good are a pack of City lubbers!” returned Stephen. The Armourer's Prentices “Go and ast him to order it at once, so as to have it ready, for we shall have her off to-morrow as soon as them ’hogany lubbers have got the steam up.” Fitz the Filibuster “Come, rouse up there, you lubbers!” he cried. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea Run forwards and see what that lazy lubber of a lamp-trimmer is about. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea “I’ve a favourite one on my starboard toe, Smith, as might be called a pet o’ mine; and, by jingo, you lubber, you just then made marmalade of it. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy No, no, never I but at least I shall never know the moment when the lubber takes the jewel he knows not how to prize! The Armourer's Prentices Every lubber knows that a ship is launched before she is rigged. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Even he too was following; but, on Jackson shouting out something about his “not wanting any lubbers to help him,” Davis sneaked back into the forecastle. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea Here, you unmannerly lubbers,” he continued, addressing a group who were sprawling at full length on a rough wooden bench, “rouse out of that and make room for your betters.” The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba What a set of lubbers they are aboard that frigate!” he continued to Sennitt. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Supposing that you wish the ship to travel along, say, a southerly course, you manipulate the helm in the usual manner until the south point of the compass-card swings round to the lubber’s mark. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure “Haul away, you hulking lubber,” yelled Will, “or she’ll be on her beam-ends before we are clear.” Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess You’re worth all the rest of those stupid lubbers of mine boiled down together! The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea Silenus made the pipes of Pan, The Satyrs teased the vines about, And Bacchus sent a lubber lout, Who lurked, and stole, ere wink of moon, The heedless Amalthea's horn. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Set o' lubbers shoved one o' them big 'ormous passenger boats aboard us, in the fog. The Little Skipper A Son of a Sailor Now, so long as the ship’s bows remain pointed accurately to the south, the south point on the compass-card continues coincident with the lubber’s mark, and nothing happens. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure “Come, haul away, land lubber that thou art,” cried a voice at my side. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess The first of all the royal infant males Should take the title of the Prince of Wales; Because 'tis clear to seamen and to lubber, Babies and whales are both inclined to blubber. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings But at this moment a voice beside him cried out in English— "Hands off there, you lubber!" Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series "Port your helm, you lubber; don't you see where you're standing for?" My New Curate "See that you don't shoot any of us with it, you lubber!" he said. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' For this act the aged salt swore at him, and called him an unlucky lubber, while at the same time he dealt him a severe blow on the face. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales When more and better sails were used a lubber's wind was not the best because one sail would stop the wind from reaching another one in front of it. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas It was entered by a lubber's hole in the flooring, through which the shrouds passed. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. The captain's epitaph on the unfortunate sailors was, "Throw the lubbers overboard!" Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes This done, again a pirate, he looked at the recumbent and still stertorous Alphonse and Adolphe with cold, cruel eyes, and said, "It's time these lubbers walked the plank." The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Master Mace deigns not to mention keyed instruments, probably regarding keys as old sailors regard the lubber's hole,—fit only for greenhorns. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. So long as men had nothing but a single "wind-bag" of skin or cloth the best wind was a "lubber's wind," that is, a wind from straight behind. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Crawling through the lubber hole he rested and held on. Ralph Granger's Fortunes That's the call makes lords of lubbers, When they ship before the mast. Songs from Vagabondia Don't you know enough, you great lubber, to take a boy of your own size, if you want to fight? Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way They were hanging to a lubber line near the quarterdeck, which on the chaser was a part of the after deck having imaginary boundaries only, established by order of the chaser's commander. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats But Blake knew the brave Spaniards for the lubbers they have always been at sea. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas It's a burning shame," thought he, "to punish a land lubber of a boy the first day he ever spent at sea. Ralph Granger's Fortunes Likely as not 'twas the one I seed all yesterday tacking about: and if so be as I be right, a pretty lot of lubbers she must have had aboard. Dead Man's Rock We made a chorus of affirmation to his wildest assertions, as though he had been a millionaire, a politician, or a reformer—and we a crowd of ambitious lubbers. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle Carlyle describes Scott's novels as a "beatific lubber land"; with the exception of the "beatific," we might say nearly the same of classics. Practical Essays Her skipper must be a lubber to have the ropes hanging about like that. The Queen's Cup Hudson's" deck roar out: "Look alive, you lubber! The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis "Say, you lubbers, what did you move that boat for?" The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts Besides, they must have been the worst sort of lubbers to capsize a boat in any breeze that has been blowing this day. The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat He would have slipped away if Antinous had not caught him and said to him, 'You lubber, you! The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Those lubbers for'ard," he said when Hartog, he, and I sat together one evening in the cabin, "will make trouble if they can. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century So we not only took him back to his ship, but picked up the R——'s boat-hook, which the clumsy lubbers had dropped—and kept it as a reward for our trouble. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. I'll have no lazy lubbers aboard my ship, I tell you. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Why didn't you two lubbers keep your eyes skinned. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Venetians do not more uncouthly ride, Than did their lubber state mankind bestride. English Satires But it shall never be said that Jack Sparhawk was an unmannerly lubber. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance "Why, what is the matter with you two lubbers?" The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia What do you mean, you clumsy young lubber, you," he cried, "by treating my smalls like that? In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Why, a lubber of a fellow rode over from Shrewsbury; he's a cousin of mine, more's the pity, and a king's officer, by George! Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow I heard him say that she had gone adrift, and that some lubber must have made fast the painter carelessly. A Sea Queen's Sailing The clewlines are ropes fastened to the corners of the topsail, passing through blocks on the topsail yard, and leading down to the deck through the lubber's hole. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Leave to the lubber landsmen The rail-car and the steed; The stars of heaven shall guide us The breath of heaven shall speed. New National Fourth Reader "Well, you lubber, what have you to say in defense of this extraordinary weather?" The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The captain, surprised at the boy's delay, cried out, "Heigh-ho, there, you lazy lubber, why don't you let go the painter?" The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection About two hours, however, after he had been missed, Munroe, to the surprise of Dunlap, thrust his head through the lubber's hole. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 These pathetic lamentations elicited no sympathy from Redpath, who abused him for "a lazy lubber," and ordered him "to pull and not make such an infernal howling, worse than a wild Ingin's yell." Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) Times had been rather dull in my dominion, And all my imps like lubbers lay a snoring, But Burns began to rhyme us his opinion, And in ten minutes had all Hell aroaring. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Not being a 'lubber,'" retorted Grant, "of course I'm not sure. The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine The first of all the royal infant males Should take the title of the Prince of Wales; Because ’tis clear to seaman and to lubber, Babies and whales are both inclined to blubber. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 I've heard grandfather say He sailed on its huge surge from Holland far away, O take me to the Ocean where the steamer sails, A wonder to the lubbers and terror to the whales. Soldier Songs and Love Songs And is that all you've got to say, you lubber, when you see your admiral in danger? Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood You are the skipper, and us a brace of lubbers as doesn’t know north from west, I suppose. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance "Did you ever see such a scary old lubber, Tunis?" Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod Des Bois gazed at him with a merry smile, and presently tweaked him merrily by the ear, crying out— "Up, good hog! up, griskin-knave! up, lubber! and provide meet entertainment for honest men." The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven "Exactly; and a punch that will not let me forget the lubber in a hurry," added Willis, clenching his fist; "but I intend, in the meantime, to keep my weather eye open." Willis the Pilot "No, he's no sailor, certainly; and yet, for a land lubber, he's about as rum a customer as ever I met with." Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood "Lash the lubber to the top-gallant yard and give him five hundred with the cat o' ninetails!" shouted the pirate Captain, blue with passion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 But if one is big and insignificant, it is to be an obtrusive cipher, a great lubber, not easily kept out of sight. The End of the World A Love Story "See how they get their oars out," said Kolgrim, with a sour grin; "a set of lubbers they are." King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet "Well," Cap'n Amazon returned sensibly, "if you were skipper about where would you expect a lubber like Abe Silt to fit into your crew?" Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper Come on, you lubbers, many of you as like. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood "Be sure and fasten a couple of big stones to his feet," recommended Fouchard, "so the lubber shan't come up again." The Downfall Look here," said the good-natured Bozen, "the poor lubber's all gone in amidships—see how flat his breadbasket is. Romance of California Life "I can lick the lubber who threw me out," he shouted. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" There was a "lubber's loop" in the bight of the sheet and as the young man loosed it his arm was caught in this trap. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper Our hands were all tried men—they had been sailors from infancy; none of your French craft, that serve an apprenticeship and then become land lubbers again. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood And by causing the helm to work, this must soon rouse the lubber there stationed, if not already awake. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I They took him for a great man, but in my opinion he was only a lazy lubber, whom I left sleeping there. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 I was afraid to venture, and then he proposed that I should go through lubber's hole, which he said had been made for people like me. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 I'm a-going to kill that lubber you've got for mate anyhow, and it might as well be done at once as any other time. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" What boat?" said the admiral, surprised; and then he muttered, "Confound you for a lubber! Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Thrice did I pass my hand full before the face of the slumbering lubber at the helm, and right between him and the light of the binnacle. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I "Walk, knave, walk!" said she; "for if thou live till the next year, thou wilt be a stark knave, a lubber, and a fool." The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies The first thing I said, as soon as I could speak, was "D—— that fire-ship, and the lubber that set her on fire." Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer "Get up, you lubbers!" called a man going down to one of the berth decks. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche He was, however, the first to speak, and the words he spoke were addressed to Jack, to whom he said,— "Jack, you lubber, what do you think of all that?" Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Her husband, father Guillaume, was the head gardener, and his four sons were Joseph, aged six years; next Matthieu, who was four; then Jerome, two; and my foster-brother Bastien, a big lubber of three months. Strange True Stories of Louisiana I understand now what a set of oafs we were to despise the poor fellow you wot of, because he was not such a lubber as ourselves. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Little harm done, Sir—little harm—bear a hand with the tackle on that fore-yard-arm, you lubbers! you move like snails in a minuet! The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Coronado, leaving his uncle to the care of a sailor, had already climbed the shrouds, and was now crawling through the lubber hole into the top. Overland Why, you land lubbers," cried Jack, "what do you do here, all of you, I wonder! Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood OLD MORALITY, standing up, hitching his trousers at the belt, scraping his right foot behind him, and pulling his forelock, retorted— "I ask your honour's pardon; but these lubbers are so long-winded." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 Such as fencing with that lubber Robert, and trying to bend his stiff limbs to the noble art of l’escrime. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Your lubber, when first he adventures on wheels, Has little control of his head or his heels. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 26, 1890 This made a big laugh at the brave lubber's expense. Death Valley in '49 My eye—was that the trick of a lubber, or of a thorough-going first-rater? first-rater? Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood You observe that the thoughtful Polton has stuck a piece of thread on the glass of the compass to serve as a lubber's line. The Mystery of 31 New Inn “In fact,” he continued, “little as the lubber knew it, ’twas the best he could have done for me. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago I was a lummox, a lunkhead, a lubber, a fool, a saphead--I was everything that was awkward and clumsy and thumb-hand-sided! Vandemark's Folly Closer and closer," lamented the captain, "what's the matter with those lubbers? The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol Ain't I your captain, you lubber, and so, sure to be right, while you are wrong, in the natural order of things? Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood "And now for some rope-pie for the stubborn young lubber," said the skipper, lifting a bit of rope as he spoke. Eric “Ay, the great straight comely lubbers have it all their own way with the women,” said he bitterly. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago "You would, you lubber! would you?" he said, and sprang at him. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life I suppose when I first signed with you that I was as ignorant and awkward a land lubber as you ever saw. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign "Well, you lubber, what now?" cried the other. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood The first words he addressed to him were-- "I say, you young lubber, you must pay your footing." Eric They are neither men, nor even devils; but a sort of lubber fiends, compounded of cruelty, avarice, and brutal debauchery, like Dutch swabbers possessed by demons. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author "Where are your eyes, you Irish lubber?" he shouted to the steersman. The Golden Canyon Away with ye, ye lubbers! away with ye! The Red Rover "What's the use of coming into port and paying harbour dues, and all that sort of thing, till we know if it's the right, you lubber, eh?" Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood The activity of his mind being diverted from the genuine field of utility and distinction, showed itself in the rude tricks of an overgrown lubber. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are With the leave-packet doing the unbusted broncho act for two hours on end it shouldn't be very difficult to separate the sheep from the goat, the true-blue sailor from the pea-green lubber, should it? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919 Hurry up, you lubbers," he shouted in his excitement; "every minute is precious, and you've wasted time enough, surely. Jack Archer My wine gone too!—Ye lubbers, look about, And find the man that doth this villany, Or, by our sanctitude, you all shall die!— The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 "Hold your ignorant tongue," said the admiral; "nobody wants you to make a remark, you great lubber!" Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood The other was for lubbers and fools, and led, in seamanship, to loss of spars and sails or shipwreck; in life, to loss of money and consideration, or to an unlucky knock on the head. An Outcast of the Islands "Come, bear a hand, you lubbers, and set us on board in the turning of a minute-glass." Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Wasn't there one Godforsaken lubber in the lot fit to raise a yell on a rope? The Shadow Line; a confession Luff, you lubber," cried an Irish voice that was Smee's; "here's the rock. Peter Pan No, no, never! but at least I shall never know the moment when the lubber takes the jewel he knows not how to prize! The Armourer's Prentices Come on, lazy lubber, you make but small haste: Had you stayed a while longer, your coming had been waste. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 I must have cracked my skull when I fell like a lubber down that confounded hatchway! Vivian Grey We left the key in it, indeed; for such lubbers as you to pass in and out: while we had all the work to do, and all the danger to boot.' The Adventures of Hugh Trevor "Bash in his head an' overboard with the lubber!" growled Sam Hall. Harrigan “Pish! what good are a pack of City lubbers!” returned Stephen. The Armourer's Prentices Now then, Mister Paine, see that you get a smart job done here and keep your eyes open, you old lubber. The Mutineers Hussy treated the offer with scorn, whereupon his attendant, "a stout lubber, began to reprove him for not relenting to so rich a proffer." Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Do you think we paint these docks for the fun of havin' you lubbers scrape it off? The Under Dog Among the Athenian sailors there had been much jesting about the land- lubbers of Peloponnesus, and in the first flush of their victory they had been ready to face any odds on the sea. Stories from Thucydides The sub-prior bids me say that we harbour no strange, idling, lubber lads nor strange dogs here. The Armourer's Prentices Come hither, Cacus, thou lubber and false knave: I will teach all wretches by thee to beware! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Rupert got into the top via the lubber's hole, I am sorry to say, and the loosing of the sail on both yard-arms fell to my duty. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale The sailors with equal vehemence and unanimity averred, that the soldiers were the first aggressors, and had burst in on them calling out—"Heave to, you lubbers! or we'll run you down." Literary Remains, Volume 1 A Hessian one day followed me five or six rods, but by making use of my legs, I got rid of the lubber. American Prisoners of the Revolution "You lubbers, celebrate!" he yelled, discharging a weapon three times in a second. Life at High Tide By my troth, I think that very scant This lubber dare adventure to fight with an ant. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 "It was that sneaking lubber, Hunston," cried several voices at once. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece He swore at me worse than a boatswain at a lubber, and but for the exquisite pain I had caused him I should have gone into the matter with him. The Yeoman Adventurer They rowed very awkardly, of course got jeered at uproariously for "Yankee land lubbers," and were presently ordered to return. American Prisoners of the Revolution No criminal in the pillory ever exhibited a more rueful appearance, no swine ever scrubbed itself more fervently than these infatuated lubbers. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents Ho there! dismount, for shame, you lubber lout! Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Upon that he kicks the poor little lubber from quarter-deck to bowsprit, or nearly, and goes down to his supper. Men, Women, and Ghosts Thor could not undo the giant's wallet, and in his wrath he smote the somnolent lubber with his mallet, a crushing blow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 We should have abandoned our belief in the fictions that the Armada of 1588 was defeated by the weather, and that the great Herbert of Torrington was a lubber, a traitor, and a coward. Sea-Power and Other Studies Most of them appeared to be able seamen, and Haines drove them mercilessly, cursing them for lubbers, and twice kicking viciously at a stooping form. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" "What the Devil do you mean, you lubber, throwing stones over here to scare away the fish?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 It's very much as it is with the talk of the sea growing strange to you from hearing nothing but lubbers who don't know a mizzen-mast from a church-steeple. Men, Women, and Ghosts I ain't no hand to blubber, And the briny ain't run for years; But chalk me down for a lubber, If I didn't shed regular tears. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide Even the grasshopper jumped out of her way, and bunged his eyes out at her; as if she could harm such a great big gray lubber as him! Old Caravan Days Never mind, make her fast, fetch her out, you lubbers. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Then she was sold; and a lubber went and - and threw her on the Kentish Knock in a south-easterly gale. The Grey Lady I don't suppose I should ever have remembered the lubber from that day to this, except that I liked the looks of Molly smiling at him through the dark. Men, Women, and Ghosts "What are you doing up there, you young lubber?" he shouted. Facing the World Yes, sir, yes, sir; a lot of land-lubbers, sir; a lot of lubbers, sir! Self-Raised Or, From the Depths You lie sprawling about the deck, you great strong lubber, snoring away, or chatting the whole trip through with any communicative shade you can find; and the old man plies both oars at once. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 I knows a day, an' it's a fine day, I knows a tide, an' it's a good tide— And God help the lubber, I say, What's stole the sailor man's bride! Embers, Complete The word 'our' belongs to landsmen; 'my' is the sailor's phrase--my ship, my captain, my messmate, my watch on deck, 'my eyes!' 'you lubber, don't you know that's me?' Nature and Human Nature The estimable Riggins had been steering a somewhat erratic course, for he found it impossible to keep his eye on the lubber's mark while the bound quartermaster glared balefully at him from the floor. Cappy Ricks Retires Our house burnt by those accursed sons of Belial, all broken up, and only a lubber like you to help! Under the Storm "Come, come," said the petrels, "you lazy, greedy lubbers, this young gentleman is going to Mother Carey, and if you don't attend to him, you won't earn your discharge from her, you know." Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Thou Hal, thou lazy lubber, go with Piers and the sheep--' 'I shall go with you,' replied Hal, in a grave tone of resolution. The Herd Boy and His Hermit Mr. Sidney made him a companion, and the young matron, Lady Walsingham, treated him as neither lout nor lubber. The Chaplet of Pearls Ye lubbers, can't ye see that is a right whale, and not worth a button? Love Me Little, Love Me Long One can scarce turn 'em out, poor things, but such a mere lubber as that boy is can do no good! Under the Storm Greedy we are," said a great, fat old molly, "but lazy we ain't; and as for lubbers, we're no more lubbers than you. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Mr. Frobisher would have none of such awkward lubbers. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland "You've been meddling with your bandage again, you son of a lubber, you varmint!" he thunders. Under Fire: the story of a squad Sheer off and repair damages, you lubber," said David, dryly, "and don't come under our guns again, or we shall blow you out of the water. Love Me Little, Love Me Long I doubt me if the Hague, as they call it, would show me any one I should care for as much as for your round shoulders, you good old lubber! Under the Storm My fists itched to be at that lubber! Denzil Quarrier Stephen, greeting, then all amort, followed a lubber jester, a wellkempt head, newbarbered, out of the vaulted cell into a shattering daylight of no thought. Ulysses They placed a sentry over us; a great lubber of a fellow, who marched up and down with a dilapidated old cutlass of most extraordinary dimensions. Omoo And pray, Eve, what has Miss Fountain got to do with that? the dirty lubber wasn't bred at her school, or he would not have served an old messmate so. Love Me Little, Love Me Long Come, look you now, Stead, 'tis not only being tired of service and sharp words, and nips and blows, but I don't like being mocked for having a clown and a lubber for my sweetheart. Under the Storm I'm on the side of the poor devils; I wish to see them better off; I wish to promote honest government, and chuck the selfish lubbers overboard. Denzil Quarrier You lazy lubbers, if you don’t pack off from there, and if but a man’s child among you dares to touch the staircase, I have got two cannon loaded, which will blow you into powder. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini It's only in the capital that you find bon-ton and not a lot of provincial lubbers. The Inspector-General You need be under no alarm, sir; the thundering lubber knows what he is about, at that work. Foul Play "Porter, you lubber!" he cried, exhausted with the effort to lift the body, "come and bear a hand with this other one!" For the Term of His Natural Life "Port your hellum, you lubber!" shouted the driver, pulling with all his might on one rein. Cap'n Eri When we were taking that wood flat down to the Chambers, which was aground, I soon saw that I was a perfect lubber at piloting such a thing. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Those country lubbers don't even know what it means to "receive." The Inspector-General "More than you have ever seen or heard tell of, ye lubber," replied the irritated skipper. Foul Play Why, that must be it," said he: "the lubber! to take it for a man's head. Hard Cash But my sweeting sails three paces to that lubber's two, and if the wind holds we shall have time and to spare. Sir Nigel "They are coming; I hear Emil roaring 'Land lubbers lying down below,' so we must run and dress," cried Nan, and up-stairs they scampered in a great hurry. Little Men Come, come, you lazy lubbers, fall to work, or we shall not be ready for mamma. Eight Cousins Ay; and they rescued me from a watery grave, as the lubbers call it. Foul Play Then she was commanded by a seaman, and is now commanded by a lubber. Hard Cash Can't you see, the world's wide, and there's room for us all, Both for seamen and lubbers ashore? The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 It was money easily come by, he thought, and he would like to be revenged on Master Walter, and show him that the lubber and moon-calf could do some harm, after all. The Pigeon Pie With what irreverence this lubber speaks of the Gods! Amphitryon "Confound the lubber! he will be through the ship's bottom." Foul Play Avast ye lubbers!" said he angrily; "do you think I have time for nonsense? Hard Cash For the shabby, lubber way That he worked the "Alliance" In the offing,—nor a broadside fired save to our mischance!— Complete Poetical Works “I’ve never been aloft in my life, and since there is no hole for a lubber.” The Mutiny of the Elsinore “How should you know, you lubber?” cried Benjamin, with a very unbecoming heat for an officer on the eve of battle—” how should you know, you grampus? The Pioneers Welch admitted Wylie was liberal with that, and friendly enough with the men; but, still, he preferred to see a ship commanded by the captain, and not by a lubber like Wylie. Foul Play Finally, several sided with Billy, and intimated that "it served the lubber right for not listening to reason." Hard Cash He said he knew a yacht, just the very thing—one that we could manage by ourselves; no skulking lot of lubbers loafing about, adding to the expense and taking away from the romance. Three Men on the Bummel All hands on deck! tumble up, you lubbers! Keziah Coffin Teeming again, repeopled Tellus bore The lubber Hero and the Man of War; Huge towers of Brawn, topp'd with an empty Skull, Witlessly bold, heroically dull. Crome Yellow He swore a great oath, and said the lubber would be through the ship's side. Foul Play "These lubbers of sea hands are all coming off first, and the line won't stand for more than another one or two," he added, dropping his voice. The Zeppelin's Passenger In fact, this funny little image was the 'crack' god of the island; lording it over all the wooden lubbers who looked so grim and dreadful; its name was Moa Artua*. Typee What!" said Cap in astonishment; "send little Magnet ahead as a lookout, while two lubbers, like you and me, lie-to to see what sort of a landfall she will make! Pathfinder; or, the inland sea "The lubbers!" we said; "the clumsy humbugs! there's none but Britons to rule the waves!" and we gave ourselves piratical airs, and went down presently and were sick in our little buggy berths. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo Who'd have thought that a sailor—even a Sicilian lubber on a banana coaster—would have fastened a line in a bow-knot? Roads of Destiny Send the master over next, you lubbers, or we'll cut the line. The Zeppelin's Passenger If you will measure your lubber's length again, tarry; but away! go to; have you wisdom? so. King Lear To see these Grecian lords!—why, even already They clap the lubber Ajax on the shoulder, As if his foot were on brave Hector's breast, And great Troy shrinking. Troilus and Cressida I am afraid this great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Twelfth Night I am afraid this great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.—I pr'ythee now, ungird thy strangeness, and tell me what I shall vent to my lady. Twelfth Night "I fear you are as much a lubber at sea as you are in theology." Where the Blue Begins Ready for sea; the cargo all aboard, Cleared for Barbadoes, and a fair wind blowing From nor'-nor'-west; and I, an idle lubber, Laid neck and heels by that confounded bond! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I am afraid this great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Twelfth Night; or What You Will A big lubber, who never goes with any of 'em! Four Short Stories By Emile Zola “Come, come,” said the petrels, “you lazy greedy lubbers, this young gentleman is going to Mother Carey, and if you don’t attend on him, you won’t earn your discharge from her, you know.” The Water-Babies But lubbers we are none, and could sail a ship now against any man in the North seas, though we don’t hold with this new-fangled steam. The Water-Babies |
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