lubber, duffer, dauber, stick; bad hand, poor hand, poor shot;
butterfingers†.
no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby†, lubber, swab; clod,
yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot†.
land lubber; fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor; horse
marine; fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's
feathers; quack &c (deceiver) 548; lord of misrule.
sloven, slattern, trapes†.
amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner) 541.
Phr. il n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.]; he will never set the Thames
on fire; acierta errando [Lat.]; aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis
[Lat.].