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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
One of the synthetic pyrethroids could also help control the young lubber grasshoppers.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly.
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Adriana Brasileiro,
orlandosentinel.com,
19 July 2019
Water-lubbers can easily access freshwater lakes, rural flatland and woodland forests.
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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.
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Isaac Stone Fish,
Slate Magazine,
4 Oct. 2017
Lubbers expects that Cuban Travel Network will start offering small group tours built around live events to attract American travelers looking for a Cuban music experience but unable to go on their own.
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Judy Cantor-Navas,
Billboard,
22 June 2017
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly.
—
Adriana Brasileiro,
orlandosentinel.com,
19 July 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
Lubbers expects that Cuban Travel Network will start offering small group tours built around live events to attract American travelers looking for a Cuban music experience but unable to go on their own.
—
Judy Cantor-Navas,
Billboard,
22 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lubber
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When Krem takes off in Kara’s spacecraft, a rusted hulk that’s like an interplanetary RV, and shoots her beloved dog Krypto with a lethal tranquilizer that will result in agonizing death in three days, Kara joins Ruthye on her revenge quest.
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The hulk has made it to the Seaport once — in September 2024 when it was towed to Pier 17 for a Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Week event.
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There’s married mom of six Angela (Alexandra Melrose), who needs a break from the double-wide trailer and her lummox spouse.
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Max is still living happily in New York City with his owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper), and his lummox of a best friend Duke (Eric Stonestreet).
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The losers are the automakers still leaving accessories to the dealer, where the margin quietly bleeds away.
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That is a big risk investors take when trying to find the winners and losers within the biotech sector.
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Noah Lennox and Pete Kember made not one, not two, but five versions of their first album as a duo, 2022’s Reset, among them a full dub rework helmed by Adrian Sherwood and an EP featuring Mexico City’s Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Pérez.
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Cyrus voiced the English-language dub of the titular character, while Jonas voiced Sōsuke.
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Pastas, all made in house, are a solid choice too—like the Squid Ink Orecchiette with lump crab.
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Stocklas was retired by the time of his Powerball win, which netted a lump-sum payment of $191 million.
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Like Lerner’s previous protagonists, the narrator is something of an intellectual klutz, at once Chekhov and Chaplin.
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
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Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.
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The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.
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“Lubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lubber. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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