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beachy

American  
[bee-chee] / ˈbi tʃi /

adjective

  1. covered with pebbles or sand.


Etymology

Origin of beachy

First recorded in 1590–1600; beach + -y 1

Example Sentences

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The exact burial location of the Beachy Head Woman remains unknown, but radiocarbon dating indicates she died between 129 and 311 AD, aligning with the Roman period in Britain.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

A handwritten label indicated she had been found near the Beachy Head headland sometime in the 1950s, but little additional information was available.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

Using advanced DNA sequencing, researchers aimed to resolve questions that have surrounded the Beachy Head Woman for more than a decade.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

The chips came ashore in Falling Sands, which is near Beachy Head cliffs, after three shipping containers washed up at Seaford on Tuesday.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

"What they're at I can't guess," Observes Dungeness, "Then the plan you've not read," Responds Beachy Head, "Fremantle went right on: I saw him," says Brighton, "Oh, that's all my eye!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 20, 1887. by Various

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