beach comber

2 definitions found

beach comber - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beach comber \Beach" comb`er\
     A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber.
     [Amer., archaic]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

  beachcomber \beachcomber\ [Written also beach-comber or beach comber
     .] (Naut.)
     1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters
        about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of
        the Pacific Ocean.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
              I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a
              Scotchman who was a beach-comber.     --F. T.
                                                    Bullen.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. a vagrant living on a beach.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value,
        such as lost objects or seashells.
        [PJC]