beachcomber
noun
a person who lives by gathering saleable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
beachcombing
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a word derived from
beachcomber.
Example Sentences
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Although my original plan was to take photos, my childhood enthusiasm for beachcombing spontaneously returned, and I used my backpack’s rain cover to make a makeshift bag for my shell collection.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
Now, its events run a range of gleeful activities, including tide pooling, beachcombing, decorative kelp pressing and even dancing in the rain.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
A family of squirrels — beachcombing squirrels, if there is such a thing — nibbles on pristine green grass in right-center field.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2021
Cut to the summer of 2013 when I was beachcombing on Rose Spit on the northernmost tip of Haida Gwaii’s north island.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2018
Ornate birds here rested their stretched wings— horned owls, falcons, cormorants—long-tongued beachcombing birds, and followers of the sea.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
