bêche-de-mer
Americannoun
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another name for trepang
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See Beach-la-Mar
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bêche-de-mer
1805–15; erroneously for French biche de mer < Portuguese bicho do mar literally, animal of the sea; cf. Beach-la-Mar
Example Sentences
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Ten years later, on one of the two bare patches of sand, another BECHE-DE-MER smoke-house was built.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Prior to the year 1890 they were occupied by a BECHE-DE-MER fisherman, whose headquarters were on the chief of the South Barnard Islands—some 12 or 14 miles to the north.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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