beach-comber

Afterward, some veteran islanders talk about old John Ward, a beach-comber and drunken reprobate — with a perfect memory.

“It was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.” 2008

And while it grew might not another barefooted beach-comber discover it?

Tropic Days 2003

One may present a narrow strip of soft sand, cringing and squeaking under foot, almost entirely composed of finely ground coral and shells, among which polished fragments of red coral are to the beach-comber as the “colours” the gold fossicker may find in his dish — prospective of reward.

Tropic Days 2003

Maybe she enjoyed going native, or playing beach-comber, or whatever it was that had happened to affect her attitudes but relaxation and indifference weren't go-ing to solve the problems at hand.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

It seemed as though every beach-comber and patriot in New England was trying to get across.

A Yankee in the Trenches Robert Derby Holmes

Yankee _beach-comber_, called Salem, and Sydney Ben, a runaway ticket-of-leave-man, made up a crew much too weak to do any good in the whaling way.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various

"How dare you come here with such a tale as this, you dirty beach-comber?" he demanded, shaking his fist in my face.

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster

Missionaries came, too, and endeavoured by piety, example, and instruction, to offset the evil influence of these beach-comber whites.

War Nears New Zealand 1942

"You know," the beach-comber added with almost reluctant admiration, "that's not half bad."

Charlie Chan Carries On Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1930

On what errand did the beach-comber set forth at this hour of the night?

Charlie Chan Carries On Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1930