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beachcomber
noun as in layabout
noun as in lazybones
noun as in loafer
noun as in seaman
Example Sentences
“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.
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.
Hence the astonishment of Fufuti, which knew the ways of black recruits, when Karaki took the worthless beachcomber to his bosom.
He strolled into Mess one evening and mentioned quite casually that The Beachcomber was in camp.
The Beachcomber tugged his red moustache and laughed deprecatingly.
We wanted to lease a club that he had that was closed down, called the Beachcomber, in a suburb of Dallas.
He began to talk of the performances of my little two-year-old, Beachcomber; and after twenty minutes or so, he drifted away.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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