Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to ship-masters, and assists in conducting the trade.
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Her owner, an old beachman, at once turned the craft over to the party and expressed a lot of curiosity, which was not gratified, as the boys knocked the cases off the "pontoons" and then floated them.
The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest John Henry Goldfrap 1898
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