She had cruised upon the station about three months; and, during that time, as the seamen said-"not a lubber of the enemy had dared to show his face-there was no life going at all;" and they were becoming impatient for a friendly set-to with their brother Jonathan.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
'Tain't nothing of the kind or I'm a lubber-fifty cents is all I'll pay.
"The Boy Aviators in Africa"
Captain Wilbur Lawton
Come hither, Cacus, thou lubber and false knave: I will teach all wretches by thee to beware!
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley