lubberliness

They were evidently six or seven -- their conversation was the common bluster and boisterousness of their trade -- and between their demands for supper, their coarse jokes, and their curses at the lubberliness or loitering of their associates from the other side of the Channel, (for, with all their accompliceship, they had the true John Bull contempt for the seamanship of Monsieur,) they kept the house in an uproar.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

The _Nathan Ross_ was loading now; and when Joel climbed the office stairs, he found the old man at the window watching them sling great shooks of staves into her hold, and fidgeting at the lubberliness of the men who did the work.

All the Brothers Were Valiant Ben Ames Williams 1921

Having sufficiently impressed them with our general lubberliness, Nicholas and I went below to congratulate ourselves and to cook supper.

A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 1905

Having sufficiently impressed them with our general lubberliness, Nicholas and I went below to congratulate ourselves and to cook supper.

A Raid On The Oyster Pirates 1905

I remember a coasting pilot of my early acquaintance (he used to read the papers assiduously) who, to define the utmost degree of lubberliness in a landsman, used to say, "He's one of them poor, miserable 'cast-anchor' devils."

The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad 1890

I would sooner charge the English than the Americans with lubberliness came the nautical merits of the two nations ever before me to decide upon.

The Frozen Pirate 1877

The Chevalier and the captain glanced at each other with little shrugs; and Philip, becoming conscious of his shock hair, splashed doublet, and dirty boots, had vague doubts whether his English dignity were not being regarded as English lubberliness; but, of course, he hated the two Frenchmen all the more, and received their civility with greater gruffness.

The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862