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Lubber vs Wubber - What's the difference?

lubber | wubber |

As nouns the difference between lubber and wubber

is that lubber is a clumsy or lazy person while wubber is (nonstandard) used in representing baby talk or impedimented speech.

lubber

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a clumsy or lazy person
  • (nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber

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    Derived terms

    * lubber's hole * lubber line

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    wubber

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard) used in representing baby talk or impedimented speech.
  • * 1912 , Fanny Lee McKinney, Nora-Square-Accounts , page 145
    • Bring Fritzy sled, new wubber boots, caraway kuchen — evrysing fwat Fritzy like.