n.
Pronunciation: ' b ē ch- ˌ k ō -m ə r
Function: noun
Date: 1840
1 : a white man living as a drifter or loafer especially on the islands of the So. Pacific
2 : a person who searches along a shore (as for salable refuse or for seashells)
– beach · comb \ - ˌ k ō m \ verb