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Worse than that, I was a land-lubber making his first voyage.
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Fantastic as the situation was, — a land-lubber second in command, — I was, nevertheless, carrying it off well; and during that brief time I was proud of myself, and I grew to love the heave and roll of the Ghost under my feet as she wallowed north and west through the tropic sea to the islet where we filled our water-casks.
Chapter 16 2010
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Worse than that, I was a land-lubber making his first voyage.
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Being a land-lubber is different, but there are many strange treasures to keep him occupied.
BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » The Octopus by Ben Loory 2010
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But he's not happy to be sharing turf with land-lubber Rush Limbaugh, who politicized the pirate affair by referring to the pirates as "black teenagers."
"Founding Bloggers' incorporation of the CNN footage was clearly for the purpose of criticizing and commenting on Roesgen's reporting..." Ann Althouse 2009
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The frightened Mr. Wrenn, feeling like a shipwrecked land-lubber, compared this gaming smoking woman unfavorably with the intense respectability of his dear lost patron, Mrs. Zapp.
Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
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"In there, you land-lubber!" answered Flint, pointing out to sea;
Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin
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As a matter of fact, it was merely a desire of the sister ship's captain to turn around and "sweep back," as the land-lubber might term it.
Some Naval Yarns Mordaunt Hall
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The graceful nature of the intended compliment cannot escape the thickest-headed land-lubber: --
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 22, 1891 Various
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It is because the ignorant land-lubber regards the river Thames as a pond; or else he regards it as a river flowing always to the sea.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 Various
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