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beach-comber
(gcide) | beachcomber \beachcomber\ [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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a
Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T.
Bullen.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a vagrant living on a beach.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value,
such as lost objects or seashells.
[PJC] |
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beachcomber
(gcide) | beachcomber \beachcomber\ [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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a
Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T.
Bullen.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a vagrant living on a beach.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value,
such as lost objects or seashells.
[PJC] |
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