English Dictionary: beachcomber | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beach comber \Beach comber\ [Written also {beach-comber}.] (Naut.) 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. --F. T. Bullen. |