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landlubberly
adjective
Like a landlubber.
synonyms
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Here the once upon a time begins with Syracuse (Colin Farrell, very fine), an Irish fisherman and onetime drunk whose name is almost always shortened to circus, as in circus clown, by landlubberly acquaintances who remember his boozy antics.
The tower lights, the ones that rise impossibly out of the sea and carry the most romantic connotations for landlubberly ignoramuses like me, were the most dreaded by the keepers.
Any attempt to fathom Phelps's liquid mastery must, I thought, free itself from landlubberly prejudices and grapple with Phelps's uncanny fish-ness.
His adventures are salted with arcane technical lore and administrative wisdom that resonate deeply with even the most landlubberly middle managers and office workers.
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