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beachcomber

noun

Meaning

  1. A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
  2. Any loafer around a waterfront.
  3. A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.
  4. A long rolling wave of the sea.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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