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See definition of beachcomber on Dictionary.com
  • as inbillow
  • as inlayabout
  • as inlazybones
  • as inloafer
  • as inseaman
  • as inwanderer

synonyms for beachcomber

  • breaker
  • crest
  • roller
  • surge
  • swell
  • tide
  • wave
  • deadbeat
  • do-nothing
  • good-for-nothing
  • goof-off
  • idler
  • lazybones
  • loafer
  • lounger
  • malingerer
  • ne'er-do-well
  • shirker
  • slacker
  • slouch
  • slugabed
  • sluggard
  • sponger
  • wanderer
  • waster
  • wastrel
  • fainéant
  • no-good
  • mariner
  • gob
  • mate
  • merman
  • middy
  • midshipman
  • navigator
  • pilot
  • sailor
  • old salt
  • seafarer
  • skipper
  • tar
  • cockswain
  • jacky
  • sea dog
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How to use beachcomber in a sentence

“The upshot of this line of precedent is that government-authorized invasions of property — whether by plane, boat, cable, or beachcomber — are physical takings requiring just compensation,” he wrote.
SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN CALIF. REGULATION ALLOWING UNION ACCESS TO FARMWORKERS ON GROWERS’ LANDROBERT BARNESJUNE 23, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Periwinkles can live in very deep water, but collecting them is mostly done by beachcombers around rocky shorelines and jetty areas in clean-water habitats during low tide.
14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEANBY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAMOCTOBER 19, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Hence the astonishment of Fufuti, which knew the ways of black recruits, when Karaki took the worthless beachcomber to his bosom.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELL
He strolled into Mess one evening and mentioned quite casually that The Beachcomber was in camp.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 156, APRIL 16, 1919VARIOUS
The Beachcomber tugged his red moustache and laughed deprecatingly.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 156, APRIL 16, 1919VARIOUS
We wanted to lease a club that he had that was closed down, called the Beachcomber, in a suburb of Dallas.
WARREN COMMISSION (5 OF 26): HEARINGS VOL. V (OF 15)THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
He began to talk of the performances of my little two-year-old, Beachcomber; and after twenty minutes or so, he drifted away.
THE DELUGEDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS
The black darted back to his companions, and the beachcomber turned to Carey.
KING O' THE BEACHGEORGE MANVILLE FENN
That this barefooted beachcomber should possess such high-sounding dignity was inconceivable.
SOUTH SEA TALESJACK LONDON
I'll admit he's not exactly my style, but he's no beachcomber.
MOTOR MATT'S HARD LUCKSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO BEACHCOMBER

  • beachcomber
  • breaker
  • crest
  • roller
  • surge
  • swell
  • tide
  • wave
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.