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/ˈbit͡ʃˌkoʊmɚ/ · noun
(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others..
The society of beach-combers always repays the small pains you need be at to enjoy it. They are easy of approach and affable in conversation.
Now and again a wreck was to be seen, or a vessel left lonely and sad on a reef, her rigging dismantled and only waiting for beachcombers to come and break her up for the sake of her timber and old iron.
Use beach comber when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beach comber means (nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others..
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The society of beach-combers always repays the small pains you need be at to enjoy it. They are easy of approach and affable in conversation.
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