The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Beach Comber

Sea Terms

A loafer about a sea port.

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2026 Editor's Note: 'Beachcomber' began exactly here — a sailor on the beach, out of work in Pacific ports — and drifted ashore into the affectionate word for shoreline wanderers. See beachcombing. (Ed: BR 2026-06-06)

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