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Definition of beachcomber in English: beachcombernounˈbiːtʃkəʊməˈbitʃˌkoʊmər 1A person who walks along a beach looking for valuable or interesting items. Example sentencesExamples - The beachcombers were able to gather and hide a rich harvest before the local magistrate learned of the Spanish wrecks and claimed the treasure in the Queen's name.
- The sun is a bright Caribbean yellow, made even richer by the tropical blue sky, and even though it's only mid-morning, barefooted beachcombers weave along the water's edge to keep the soles of their feet cool.
- A free-spirited beachcomber living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ringo White scours the shores of Lake Michigan for the materials needed to construct his sprawling, mixed-media installation.
- The final part of the book concludes with life on shore, the coastguards, shipwrecks, beachcombers and history of the Ballinskelligs Cable Station.
- The cramped units with rollout beds and sleep-in porches had served as crash pads for generations of beachcombers and laborers looking for a cheap place to lay their heads.
- The only people you see are beachcombers and dog-walkers in their flapping macs
- Maury's older brother, John, as it happened, had lived for almost two years as a beachcomber on Nukuhiva all the way back in 1812.
- Could you be footing the bill for all those beachcombers?
- Lee Weinstein, a spokesman for Beaverton, Ore.- based Nike, said beachcombers who find shoes can mail them to Nike for recycling.
- During the nineteenth century there was an influx of European beachcombers, traders, planters, and missionaries.
- ‘Silver,’ he repeated, ‘Silver which you and your band of beachcombers are going to steal.’
- As my week dragged on the end slowly floated into sight, like a passing ocean liner appearing to a shipwrecked beachcomber.
- No vehicles on beaches means the area is protected from fishermen, beachcombers and hunter/gatherers alike.
- That tends to dry out in the sun and sand, much like a beachcomber's skin.
- At windswept Banshee Bay, our campsite beneath the casuarina trees was made comfortable by some beachcomber's driftwood furniture.
- There was a blacksmith from New England, a former postmaster of Pago Pago who had been a veteran of the American Civil War, a murdered merchant marine, a woman who died en route to San Francisco, and various beachcombers and adventurers.
- There are no painted signs to repel native beachcombers and yet it seems the indigenous people know instinctively where to tread, where not to go.
- Divers or beachcombers have until April 24 to hand in objects recovered from wrecks to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency without fear of prosecution.
- But there are no sharks today, only bewildered beachcombers, who start to scatter as we approach our beach landing strip.
- We climbed down on to the sand and strolled along the ivory shore; fellow beachcombers nodded to us as if we were all part of some clandestine club.
Synonyms scavenger, scrounger, forager, gatherer, collector, accumulator 2A long wave rolling in from the sea. 拍岸浪
Definition of beachcomber in US English: beachcombernounˈbitʃˌkoʊmərˈbēCHˌkōmər 1A person who walks along a beach looking for valuable or interesting items. Example sentencesExamples - A free-spirited beachcomber living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ringo White scours the shores of Lake Michigan for the materials needed to construct his sprawling, mixed-media installation.
- The beachcombers were able to gather and hide a rich harvest before the local magistrate learned of the Spanish wrecks and claimed the treasure in the Queen's name.
- The cramped units with rollout beds and sleep-in porches had served as crash pads for generations of beachcombers and laborers looking for a cheap place to lay their heads.
- Lee Weinstein, a spokesman for Beaverton, Ore.- based Nike, said beachcombers who find shoes can mail them to Nike for recycling.
- The only people you see are beachcombers and dog-walkers in their flapping macs
- As my week dragged on the end slowly floated into sight, like a passing ocean liner appearing to a shipwrecked beachcomber.
- We climbed down on to the sand and strolled along the ivory shore; fellow beachcombers nodded to us as if we were all part of some clandestine club.
- Could you be footing the bill for all those beachcombers?
- Divers or beachcombers have until April 24 to hand in objects recovered from wrecks to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency without fear of prosecution.
- There are no painted signs to repel native beachcombers and yet it seems the indigenous people know instinctively where to tread, where not to go.
- Maury's older brother, John, as it happened, had lived for almost two years as a beachcomber on Nukuhiva all the way back in 1812.
- At windswept Banshee Bay, our campsite beneath the casuarina trees was made comfortable by some beachcomber's driftwood furniture.
- No vehicles on beaches means the area is protected from fishermen, beachcombers and hunter/gatherers alike.
- But there are no sharks today, only bewildered beachcombers, who start to scatter as we approach our beach landing strip.
- The final part of the book concludes with life on shore, the coastguards, shipwrecks, beachcombers and history of the Ballinskelligs Cable Station.
- That tends to dry out in the sun and sand, much like a beachcomber's skin.
- ‘Silver,’ he repeated, ‘Silver which you and your band of beachcombers are going to steal.’
- During the nineteenth century there was an influx of European beachcombers, traders, planters, and missionaries.
- There was a blacksmith from New England, a former postmaster of Pago Pago who had been a veteran of the American Civil War, a murdered merchant marine, a woman who died en route to San Francisco, and various beachcombers and adventurers.
- The sun is a bright Caribbean yellow, made even richer by the tropical blue sky, and even though it's only mid-morning, barefooted beachcombers weave along the water's edge to keep the soles of their feet cool.
Synonyms scavenger, scrounger, forager, gatherer, collector, accumulator 2A long wave rolling in from the sea; a comber. 拍岸浪
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