lubbers
Awkward ones aboard
Lubbers is the plural of lubber, a clumsy or unskilled person, particularly one who is awkward on a ship.
The term appears most often in the compound landlubbers—people unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship.
Sailors use it dismissively for anyone who doesn't know their way around a vessel: These lubbers can barely tie a knot.
Awkward, graceless person
- butterfingersClumsy dropper of things
- oafStupid clumsy person
- clodhopperLout or heavy boot
- bumblerHabitually clumsy person
fumbler · galoot · lummox · bungler · blunderer · stumbler · hulk · gawk
klutz
Awkward, graceless person
- butterfingersClumsy dropper of things
- oafStupid clumsy person
- clodhopperLout or heavy boot
bumbler · fumbler · galoot · lummox · bungler · blunderer · stumbler · hulk · gawk · clod
sailor
Seafaring crew member
deckhand · greenhorn · novice · captain · crew · shipboard · nautical · maritime · seamanship · rigging
beginner
One who lacks experience
greenhorn · tyro · fledgling · newcomer · apprentice · trainee · amateur · tenderfoot · initiate · recruit