beachcomber.
A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
Meaning & usage
A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
Any loafer around a waterfront.
A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.
A long rolling wave of the sea.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach English comber English beachcomber From beach + comber.
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