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 Beach comb·er A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber. [Amer., archaic]
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 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.
    I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber.    --F. T. Bullen.
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