drifter
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How to use drifter in a sentence
Kaestel, then a drifter with a criminal record, was 29 years old.
Prisoner Who Got Life for Stealing $250 Finally Wins Freedom | Kate Briquelet | July 1, 2021 | The Daily BeastProfessor Kummel was not a drifter and when I had to write papers in his class, I had to swallow my beliefs and write what he wanted to hear.
Readers react to the history of plate tectonics, pandas rolling in poop and more | Science News Staff | February 21, 2021 | Science NewsHe had invited a 19-year-old drifter named Arnold Murray to his house and they had had consensual sex.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA May 2014 Slate article by Sam Kean details the tragic changes he suffered “from a virtuous foreman to a sociopathic drifter.”
Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury | Jean Kim | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe used to call ourselves drifter 873, Skull 7326, the 207th Commandos.
A Man to Believe In: Eulogy for Marine Master Sergeant Aaron Torian | Elliot Ackerman | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
His friends describe him as a “lovable drifter” and a “clearly passionate individual.”
Demi Moore Might Be Dating an Australian Pearl Diver and He Is Amazing | Kevin Fallon | May 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTStill living in Australia, he had become a drifter, unable to hold down a job.
Handcuffs, Ropes, and an Open Window: How I Escaped an Unthinkable Childhood | Genyfer Spark | January 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIm going to begin right now, too; Ill show Mother that I am not a gilt-edge drifter.
Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer | Rena I. HalseyOn the night in question our drifter patrol in the Straits of Otranto was attacked by a force of Austrian light cruisers.
The Crisis of the Naval War | John Rushworth JellicoeHe was half owner of a fine drifter and skipper as well, to say nothing of having designed the boat.
Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" | James BlythThe buildings, evidently, belonged to the Double A ranch, and the country was all the drifter had claimed for it.
Square Deal Sanderson | Charles Alden SeltzerShe was then told off with another drifter to anchor in the vicinity of the Shipwash to work the hydrophones during the night.
The Harwich Naval Forces | E. F. Knight
British Dictionary definitions for drifter
/ (ˈdrɪftə) /
a person or thing that drifts
a person who moves aimlessly from place to place, usually without a regular job
a boat used for drift-net fishing
nautical a large jib of thin material used in light breezes
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