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Beachcomber   Listen
noun
beachcomber  n.  (Written also beach-comber or beach comber)  (Naut.)
1.
A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. "I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber."
2.
A vagrant living on a beach.
3.
A person who searches along a beach for objects of value, such as lost objects or seashells.





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"Beachcomber" Quotes from Famous Books



... with my chest out and my chin up-tilted. A few paces behind me a beachcomber wobbled along with my sea-bag on his shoulder—for what A.B. would demean himself with such labor on pay-day, when moochers abounded at his heel! I was looking for ...
— The Blood Ship • Norman Springer


Words linked to "Beachcomber" :   vagrant, floater, vagabond, drifter


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