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lubberland

lubberland noun: synonym of Cockaigne, a land of plenty.

Noun

lubberland (plural lubberlands)

  1. Synonym of Cockaigne, a land of plenty
    • Good mother, how ſhall we finde a pigge, if we doe not looke about for't? will it run off o'the ſpit, into our mouths thinke you? as in Lubberland? and cry, we, we?1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631...
    • “Truth!” I cried, “though the Heavens crush me for following her: no Falsehood! though a whole celestial Lubberland were the price of Apostasy.”1831, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VII, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 113
    Synonyms:
    Cockaigne

Examples of lubberland in a sentence

  • In such prophesied Lubberland, of Happiness, Benevolence, and Vice cured of its deformity, trust not, my friends!1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Contrat Social”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC...
  • It may seem to us an idle lubberland, a paradise of do-nothings;—Mr.1864 March, “On the Relation of Art to Nature”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 13, number 77:

Synonyms of lubberland

Forms of lubberland

plurallubberlands

Origin of lubberland

From lubber + land.

Questions about lubberland

What does lubberland mean?
Lubberland means synonym of Cockaigne, a land of plenty.
How do you use lubberland in a sentence?
In such prophesied Lubberland, of Happiness, Benevolence, and Vice cured of its deformity, trust not, my friends!
What part of speech is lubberland?
Lubberland is a noun.
What is the plural of lubberland?
The plural of lubberland is lubberlands.

Words near lubberland in the dictionary

  1. lubber fiends
  2. lubber line
  3. lubber lines
  4. lubber's hole
  5. lubber's holes
  6. lubberland
  7. lubberlands
  8. lubberlike
  9. lubberliness
  10. lubberly
  11. lubbers

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