beachcomber
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈbiːtʃˌkoʊmɚ/
:
recolector de playa
- The beachcomber spent hours collecting beautiful stones and sea glass along the coast.
- beachcombers can often find
- beachcombers are walking
- beachcomber of Atlantic shores
Examples
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You can throw away your career and become a beachcomber if that's what you want.
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And it was right then, she remembered, that the beachcombers had come in with the bottle and made their little presentation.
Fiction book (1990) -
Some beachcombers brought it in, Madame recalled, a retired couple.
Fiction book (1990) -
Contemporary beachcombers still sometimes stumble upon the wrong kind of shell.
Academic text (2004) -
It was much cleaner that summer, and not as many beachcombers wandered by.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many beachcombers enjoy searching the shore for unique shells and interesting driftwood.
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On weekends, beachcombers gather to find treasures washed up by the tide.
Synonyms
A person who walks along a beach to find shells, coins, or other objects
How Risky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beachcomber comes from the simple parts beach and comb. A 'comb' here means 'to search', like when you comb your hair, so a beachcomber is someone who walks the shore looking for useful things the tide leaves and often lives by the beach.