beachcomber n : a vagrant living on a beach

see Beachcomber

English

Noun

1. A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others
2. Any loafer around a waterfront

Beachcomber or Beachcombers (which redirects here) may refer to:

• One who practices beachcombing, the act of scavenging along beaches or in wharf areas.
• Beachcomber, Victoria, a town in Australia.
• Beachcomber (Pen name), a pen name (or nom de plume) for the various different writers over time of the Daily Express column "By the Way".
• Beachcomber (Transformers), the name of several characters in the cartoon series Transformers.
• The Beachcomber, a British TV series.
• The Beachcombers. a Canadian TV series.
• Don the Beachcomber, a former restaurant chain and the nickname of its founder Donn Beach.
• Beachcomber (22 ft) a 22 foot yacht designed and built in New Zealand in the 1980s.

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