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• Land-lubber - Land-lubber An awkward or inexpert sailor on board ship. (Lubber, the Welsh llob, a dunce.) Source: ...
• Lubber - Lubber (A). A dolt. Seamen call an awkward sailor a land-lubber. A variant of “looby” ...
• Louisa May Alcott: Thanksgiving - This yearly festival was always kept at Plumfield in the good old-fashioned way, and nothing was allowed to interfere with it. For days beforehand, th
• Louisa M. Alcott: Dan - Mrs Jo often thought that Dan had Indian blood in him, not only because of his love of a wild, wandering life, but his appearance; for as he grew up,
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: L - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "L"