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as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart
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Recent Examples of lubber
Land lubbers hike: Lace up those shoes for a 9 to 11 a.m. excursion on Sunday, Oct. 20, to Ansel’s Cave in The West Woods in Russell Township.
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Joan Rusek, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019
Water-lubbers can easily access freshwater lakes, rural flatland and woodland forests.
—Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018
China does not have the sealift, airlift, or sustainment capability to project force to Taiwan - and that's before the US Navy gets involved as lubber points out below.
—Isaac Stone Fish, Slate Magazine, 4 Oct. 2017
Joan Rusek, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019
Water-lubbers can easily access freshwater lakes, rural flatland and woodland forests.
—Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018
China does not have the sealift, airlift, or sustainment capability to project force to Taiwan - and that's before the US Navy gets involved as lubber points out below.
—Isaac Stone Fish, Slate Magazine, 4 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lubber
Noun
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The hulk of metal moved silently through space, high above the blue Earth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Having boy hulk Matthew Knies at the net front, to retrieve pucks and be a pain for the defence, is one positive step that’s been working.—
James Mirtle,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Over nearly two centuries, the herbivore has been imagined as a spike-nosed lummox, inappropriate kangaroo and now, at last, a stiff-tailed, mostly quadrupedal animal.—
Gemma Tarlach,
Discover Magazine,
20 Apr. 2017
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Fraser was everywhere in the 1990s and early 2000s: a sweetly handsome, blue-eyed lummox whose starring roles established him as a perpetual naif.—
Ty Burr,
Washington Post,
1 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Coaching hire winners and losers: In all, seven teams made leadership changes at the top.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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No more participation trophies for Bill Plaschke! Los Angeles’ lovable loser nailed it by predicting the Eagles’ big win, ending his losing tradition that envied the Benoit Benjamin Clippers of the 1980s!—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The film will stream in Hindi with dubs available in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages, along with multilingual subtitles, reaching Prime Video’s audience across 240+ territories starting Feb. 7.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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Even if the Bills didn’t win this relay race in Los Angeles against the Rams, those employing Allen on their fantasy teams certainly got the dub.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Similar to Milla’s story on the show, Ainscough was diagnosed with epithelioid sarcoma in 2008 following a biopsy of lumps from her left arm.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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These crab cakes were not full of jumbo lump, but had claw and backfin meat and sold for ten cents.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
27 Nov. 2024
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On-the-go photographers, field workers, and hopeless klutzes will want to give this tough drive a strong second look.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
10 July 2024
Noun
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Here, the blurring is visual: Sometimes Leonard floats into the past looking like Gere, who wears the character without a shred of self-protection as the lens gawks at his raw skin.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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The Esprit's shape, arguably more avant-garde despite its age, consistently pegs the gawk meter.—
John Phillips,
Car and Driver,
18 June 2020
Noun
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In the last few years, perhaps after an adaptive mutation, bird flu has jumped to a wide number of mammal species, including seals, bears, skunks, foxes, cougars, bobcats, dolphins and even a polar bear.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Spera said the animals included rabbits, chickens, a duck, a skunk, a dove and two cats.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Lubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lubber. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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