beach bum
Americannoun
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beach bums
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of beach bum
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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The singer-songwriter who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
Buffett went from Key West beach bum to billionaire behind the always-on-vacation "Margaritaville" commercial empire with legions of fans known as Parrotheads.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2023
Almost all of those tunes were written and recorded in the 1970s, the decade when he carefully assembled his signature beach bum persona by bringing country rock to the Florida Keys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
Buffett's music and the "beach bum" lifestyle he promoted earned him a devoted following of millions of fans who refer to themselves as Parrotheads.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023
Depending on the lighting and whether his hair and beard were neatly trimmed, he could pass for anything from a thirtysomething Middle Eastern businessman to a midfifties South American beach bum.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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