beachcomber

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He played for drinks at the Chart Room to treasure divers, pot smugglers, beachcombers and politicians, according to his biography.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The Atlantic surfclam -- its shell well-known to beachcombers in the northeastern U.S. -- is one of the most common species of bivalves in the western Atlantic Ocean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

Military buffs will delight at the gun emplacements stationed along the Bluff Trail, while beachcombers can enjoy a long sandy walk, especially at low tide, below the bluff.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2022

Mr Kauppaymuthoo also blames shell collectors - or beachcombers - for the decline of seashells as they are often harvested with the living animals still inside them.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2021

He despised the swaggering beachcombers who had flung off the decencies of civilisation along with the habiliments of civilisation and who found a marrowy sweetness in the husks of the prodigal.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)