beach flea

American  

noun

1. any of various small crustaceans, found on beaches, that jump about like fleas.

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beach flea British  

noun

1. another name for the sand hopper

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Etymology

Origin of beach flea

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

“I feel like I’m always digging through weird, old things. I tend to find things that have lived a life before coming into mine. I found this walking around the Long Beach flea market. The choker was made by my bestie in Portland, and the necklace is actually a belt my mom found at a thrift store. She always told me, ‘Never brand yourself for others.

From Los Angeles Times

To that end, she spent many weekends roaming the aisles of the Topanga Canyon, Santa Monica, Rose Bowl and Long Beach flea markets.

From Los Angeles Times

For his work and his home, Iacovelli shops in thrift shops around the city and the world and scours EBay, the Rose Bowl and Long Beach flea markets, local textile dealers such as Michael Levine and Diamond Foam and Fabric, and Atwater Village businesses including Jill's Paint and Mortarless Building Supply.

From Los Angeles Times

First impressions matter: I spent six or seven Sundays going to the Rose Bowl, Santa Monica antiques market and Long Beach flea markets to find vintage napkin rings, dinnerware and silver-plated silverware for Terrine.

From Los Angeles Times

She’d left the bed and a dresser, bought at the Long Beach flea market.

From Salon