floater

Synonyms for floater

adj deceptive

noun. money given beforehand

noun. foreign being

noun. foreign being

noun. beggar

noun. destitute or down-and-out person

"dead body found in water," 1890, U.S. slang, agent noun from float (v.).

Euripides used almost the same term in floater, for a seaman.

The floater under him churned a little, but there was no noise.

At that instant her floater began to bob fiercely up and down.

This afternoon we passed a floater who had gone by us at New Madrid.

He was a financier and a floater of companies which generally paid.

We had to swim good and hard to catch up with our only hope, the floater.

I parked my floater beside the house that had sheltered Kron as long as I had known him.

Cameron wasn't a bad chap—he simply hadn't character enough to be bad—he was a floater!

When the floater goes under, you will know that a fish is biting at the worm on the hook.

I been along the waterfront long enough t' know that th' lad that picks up a floater gets a reward o' ten dollars from th' city.