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land-lubber
land-lubber (ˈlændˌlʌbə(r)) [lubber occurs in the 16th c. in this sense.] A sailor's term of contempt for a landsman.a 1700 [see land-loper 2]. 1752 Johnson Rambler No. 198 ¶ 11 My Uncle..bid me prepare myself against next year for no land lubber should touch his money. 1824 W. Irving T. Trav. (1849...
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land-leaper
† ˈland-leaper Obs. Also 4–6 -leper(e, 5 -lepar, 7 Sc. -leiper. [f. land n.1 + leap v. (in the sense ‘to run’) + -er1.] = land-loper.[1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 258 Þat Penitencia is pike he schulde polissche newe, And lepe with him ouerlond al his lyf tyme.] 1377 Ibid. B. xv. 207 He ne is nouȝte in l...
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land-louper
land-loper, land-louper Now chiefly Sc. (ˈlændˌləʊpə(r), -ˌlaʊpə(r)) Also 7 -lowper, 8 -looper. [ad. Du. landlooper (= MHG. lantloufære, G. landläufer), f. land land n.1 + loopen to run: see leap v. Cf. landleaper.] 1. One who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. † a renegade; an adventurer.1...
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Strandloper
Strandlooper, Strandloper (ˈstræntlʊpə(r)) Also with lower-case initial. Rarely as two words or with hyphen. [a. Afrikaans strandloper, f. Du. strand strand n.1 + looper walker: cf. land-loper.] 1. S. Afr. Any of several sand-plovers of the genus Charadrius, found in coastal regions.1731 G. Medley t...
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fidelious
† fiˈdelious, a. Obs. [f. L. fidēli-s + -ous.] Faithful.1650 S. Sheppard Candido 14, I..have found thee cordially fidelious. 1655 Marrow of Complements 114 Your fidelious servitour. 1656 S. Holland Zara (1719) 16 The Champion and his fidelious. Land-loper Soto.
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interlope
▪ I. interlope, v. (ɪntəˈləʊp) [Evidently f. inter- 1 + lope, dial. form of leap v., as in land-loper, or the cognate MDu. and LG. lôpen, Du. loopen, to run. See note below.] 1. intr. ‘To run between parties and intercept the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffick without a prope...
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