| 单词 | beachcomber |
| 例句 | He reminded me of a beachcomber from Key West. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z How does the energy being spent to import beachcombers and export huge amounts of garbage correspond to the amount of good that’s being done? Books of The Times: The Siren Song of the Bath Toy 2011-02-20T22:03:18Z At low tide, beachcombers can walk along the Street, a narrow ridge in the sand that stretches half a mile out to sea. Summer Travel 2014: Escape From Your Business Trip 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z It was discovered by a beachcomber, which prompted Bob Lenzner, a friend who recalled sweating with us in a pit in Ashkelon last summer, to remark, “Maybe next year, we just wait on the beach.” Journeys: In Israel, Treasures for Those Willing to Dig 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z In a confident and impetuous hand, he captured Hudson River traffic and Hamptons beachcombers, often working in series and with an eye to changing weather conditions. Art Review: Dan Flavin, Light Sculptor, in Another Medium at the Morgan 2012-02-23T22:36:10Z Long before beachcombers collect them as empty beauties, the shells are created as protection by the mollusks that live inside them. Summer Is Coming. Bring a Book. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z He scans for signs of disrespect like a beachcomber with a metal detector, jumping at every stray bottlecap. 'Narcos' Episode 9 Recap: The Two Faces of Pablo Escobar 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z In his British watercolors, especially the later ones, the charming waterfront of fishing boats and beachcombers is fast transforming into an intimidating industrial zone. That Visionary Wharf Rat, J.M.W. Turner 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z "He's making, at the ripe age of 21, some of the most compelling beachcomber soul the wrong side of the M25" – somethinkblue.com. New band of the day ? No 1,087: Spectrals 2011-08-18T16:07:53Z Most inspired is the placement of Ms. Taylor’s gigantic marquetry work of a beachcomber in a domed, marble-floored alcove on the second floor. Art Review | '185th Annual': Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room 2010-02-19T05:57:00Z Mr. Horton, an avid beachcomber, loves mulling the history of these pieces. The Treasure Hunters of Block Island 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Sandy Island is one of a number of small, uninhabited offshore islands, or cays — all accessible by boat — that are popular with beachcombers, snorkelers and kite surfers. In laid-back Anguilla, Caribbean travelers find the right mix of bistro and beach 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z With his long face, heavy glasses and thinning hair, he padded around the office like a beachcomber in old sneakers, baggy pants and rumpled polo shirts, schmoozing with the staff. Robert Gottlieb, Eminent Editor From le Carré to Clinton, Dies at 92 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Mr McCalman suggests it also suffered from earlier myth-making, particularly about the indigenous inhabitants of the reef’s coasts and islands whom European explorers, scientists and beachcombers encountered. A world in water 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It was a neglected staple at Asian souvenir stores until the 1930s, when Edgar Leeteg, an American painter and beachcomber living in Tahiti, ran out of canvas and substituted velvet. Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z A woman they met at a recent beachcomber fair found the shoe in Hawaii. Film project focuses on stories behind debris 2013-03-08T11:01:05Z There are border crossings on both ends of this saltwater haven, where shallow depths and vast tidal swings generate warm waters that attract beachcombers and birders alike. 6 places to explore on a beachy road trip to British Columbia 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z The remains of Sinbad were found on a beach by beachcomber Tracey Williams. Battered storm teddy bear found in Cornwall lovingly restored 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z By comparison, the shell of a modern mollusk, made of calcium carbonate, cracks easily beneath a beachcomber’s feet. The Sad Fate of the Ancient, Well-Shelled Mariners 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In 1934, beachcombers and schoolboys playing hooky started stumbling across mutilated bodies around the city. Review | The grisly Cleveland murders that unraveled Eliot Ness 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z "More eagle-eyed beachcombers might find one or two some years, but it's unusual to see so many," she said. Violet sea snails spotted in Isles of Scilly 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Pieces of blue-and-white porcelain and beeswax with Spanish markings have long washed ashore there, offering tantalizing clues to beachcombers and researchers that a shipwreck was somewhere nearby. Timbers From 17th-Century Shipwreck Recovered Off Oregon Coast 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The long stretch of pebbles is a beachcomber’s delight. Strait talk on south Vancouver Island: On the trail for surf and seaweed 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z 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. June has 3 free days at Washington State Parks. Where should you go? 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z I meandered down the beach behind the other beachcombers. Exploring Ocracoke, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z 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. Why Mauritius is losing its seashells 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z “The upshot of this line of precedent is that government-authorized invasions of property — whether by plane, boat, cable, or beachcomber — are physical takings requiring just compensation,” he wrote. Supreme Court strikes down Calif. regulation allowing union access to farmworkers on growers’ land 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Over close to a decade, beachcombers around the world confirmed their predictions with reports of debris from Texas to Australia to the United Kingdom. 3,000 shipping containers fell into the Pacific Ocean last winter 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z For some of them, including the sand dollars beloved by beachcombers, this means their range is shrinking. Ocean warming has seafloor species headed in the wrong direction 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z "I'm like the local beachcomber now, "he said. Metal detectorist reunites Bond actor with ring 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Others started to get in touch, growing into a community of 50,000 followers, with beachcombers around the world monitoring where the Lego and other cargo spills were turning up, and in what quantities. Monopoly houses, toy soldiers and Lego: the museum of plastic lost at sea 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Now, thanks to the Zandmotor and construction work on a harbor extension in nearby Rotterdam, van Wingerden and a dedicated cadre of amateur beachcombers are amassing an impressive collection of artifacts from that vanished landscape. Relics washed up on beaches reveal lost world beneath the North Sea 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z It’s also a summer haven for many suburban Philadelphia beachcombers. With Trump’s help, NJ’s Van Drew courts former foes 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z That same year, beachcombers found dozens of smelly plastic disks about 2 feet in diameter lying in Corolla and Kill Devil Hills. Strange history of stuff that’s washed up on the Outer Banks 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The Idaho County Sheriff’s Office says the beachcombers found a few small pieces of bone in September that were under the high-water mark of an eddy and nearly covered under sand and silt. Idaho County officials trying to identify skeletal remains 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Initially mapping the spills with a fellow beachcomber, Williams then teamed up with oceanographers and universities to help research the weathering and persistence of plastic in the marine environments. Monopoly houses, toy soldiers and Lego: the museum of plastic lost at sea 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Soon, moving along the rows of the periodic table like a beachcomber on a shore, Cade began to experiment with salts of rubidium, cerium and strontium. Lithium: the gripping history of a psychiatric success story 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Once a common delight of every beachcomber, sunflower starfish — the large, multi-armed starfish sometimes seen underwater at the near shore — are imperiled by disease and ocean warming along the West Coast. Starfish die-off along West Coast imperils biggest sea star of all as oceans warm 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Anglers, beachcombers and surfers who once had the run of the place remain furious. California Editorial Rdp 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z A hot-dog vendor lends me his pen, and I scribble a napkin-sized sketch, but none of the beachcombers recognize the windmill field. Cerise sky memories 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z In other settings, he could pass for a retired beachcomber. Virgin Galactic’s Rocket Man 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z “We’re avid beachcombers. We get excited about sea glass and abalone shells,” Moore said. Stranded woman drank water from moss after California crash 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z “It’s like being a beachcomber and suddenly you found a diamond ring,” Shatz said. They survived the Holocaust, and then he rescued her from communism. Sixty-five years later, they’ve reunited. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z To highlight the issue, so-called beachcombers share some of the more bizarre discoveries from England's coastline. Fishing nets and false teeth: Meet the debris hunters 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z There’s a Paleo-Indian site at Wakulla Springs, a Calusa site on Mound Key, a project in Cuba and even a small canvas bag of fossils that a local beachcomber brought in. Renowned expert helping with local shipwrecks 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Divers and beachcombers flock to this city on the Gulf Coast, mostly seeking palm-sized teeth of the Megalodon, the enormous shark species that went extinct 2 and half million years ago. 7,000-Year-Old Native American Burial Site Found Underwater 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Blair advises beachcombers to park at the North Beach lot at the end of Port Townsend’s Kuhn Street - which runs adjacent to Fort Worden State Park - and follow the beach west. Glass Beach goes from dump to destination 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Since 1998, beachcombers have been tracking bird die-offs along the Washington coast for one of the most mature citizen programs in the country. Citizen scientists track effects of climate change in the Northwest 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z They are warning local beachcombers to collect amber in tins, saying pieces of phosphorus dropped in incendiary bombs by the Allies in World War Two still wash up. German woman mistakes WW2 white phosphorus for amber - BBC News 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z But even when he was reduced to being a beachcomber of his own legacy, the world was a better place with him in it than it is without him, now. ♦ The Audacity of Robert Rauschenberg 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Irish surfers, weekend beachcombers, environmental scientists, local planners and even a microscopic snail got in his way. Trump tried and failed to build a wall in Ireland. That could mean big trouble for Europe. 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Under a hazy sun, the pre-summer beach was a golden crescent between granite jetties, with only a few small knots of sunbathers and the occasional beachcomber. Death during lifeguard test puts focus on beach guardians 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Overseeing this beachcomber’s XI is a manager best known before now for coming second. The Leicester Supremacy – a triumph that was never supposed to happen | Barney Ronay 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Tucker was sent to the aquarium after a beachcomber spotted him. Seattle Aquarium team nurses lost sea turtle back to health 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Today, beachcombers still occasionally find a Spanish coin in the sand. Battle Begins Over World's Richest Shipwreck 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The discovery prompted members of the French military and local beachcombers to scour the island’s shores for other flotsam that might have come from the plane. Réunion, Once a Surfer’s Paradise, Finds Only Sharks in Its Waters 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z This isn't the first time a random beachcomber has stumbled upon a bit of ambergris. A Whale of a Tale: Those Cetacean Waste Products Are More Valuable Than You Think 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z What’s considered to be a treasure differs with each beachcomber, but the activity is special for everyone who participates. Bolivar Beachcombers find treasures in the sand 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z It also draws hikers, beachcombers and others who don’t use motors in their recreation. Forest Service issues decision on Oregon dunes, off-road use 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Falzetti says beachcombers often find the shells, clearly marked with warnings. Army blows up military markers that wash ashore in NW Wash. 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z ASTORIA, Ore. — Scientists are asking Oregon beachcombers and anglers to watch for bright orange transponders on the shore. Watch for Japanese transponders on Northwest coast 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z While devore-effect ripples in skirts, pants and wide-shouldered coats conjured up images of the wood perhaps found by the Hepburn beachcomber. Paris shows evoke Audrey Hepburn, Pre-Raphaelites 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Where she and other beachcombers find these treasures is along the shoreline, specifically near big shell beds, or wrack lines, said Tracy Barnett, who lives on the beach with her husband. Bolivar Beachcombers find treasures in the sand 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Kowalewski would also like to see a comparison of the amount of shell material collected by beachcombers with the amount destroyed by heavy machinery and recreational vehicles. Collecting seashells and grooming sand may damage beach ecosystems, a study finds 2014-05-12T20:38:26Z But 35 years ago, on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, I met another sort of beachcomber. Giving it all up to be a 'beachcomber' 2013-09-26T23:46:41Z Normally beachcombers welcome sizable storms, which skim away layers of sand to reveal long-buried riches. Summer Shorelines: On Beach Filled With Frolic, Scavengers Listen for Treasure 2013-07-26T16:35:59Z The toys were lost at sea until they started to wash up in places from Alaska to Maine, and continued to surprise beachcombers for more than a decade. In Hong Kong, Giant Duck Makes a Splash 2013-05-15T01:24:16Z The beachcombers often share photos of their finds or even post pictures asking for help in identifying their unique finds from the day. Bolivar Beachcombers find treasures in the sand 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z But despite its abundance of starfish, the bay was plagued with marauding beachcombers, who would tamper with Paine's experiments. The Man Whose Dynasty Changed Ecology 2013-01-16T18:15:00.270Z But these so-called "beachcombers" do make sacrifices in return for their life in the sun, away from the stress and strain of the big cities "Come in, come in!" Giving it all up to be a 'beachcomber' 2013-09-26T23:46:41Z All this has dampened the mood for the region’s beachcombers, who say they are sifting their way through the worst summer hunt in memory. Summer Shorelines: On Beach Filled With Frolic, Scavengers Listen for Treasure 2013-07-26T16:35:59Z Volunteer beachcombers, who work alongside State Parks officers, are given gloves to protect their hands. Oregon braced for tsunami debris storms 2012-10-09T01:49:12Z Last week, one woman posted about losing her iPhone that was later found and returned when a beachcomber was combing along the coast later that day. Bolivar Beachcombers find treasures in the sand 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z One friend described him as “a lean Greek god in beachcomber garb.” Caballo Blanco?s Last Run: The Micah True Story 2012-05-21T14:57:31Z Twenty minutes away lives another "beachcomber" with a rather different lifestyle. Giving it all up to be a 'beachcomber' 2013-09-26T23:46:41Z The idea that someone would wear, let alone lose, a valuable piece of jewelry at the beach might seem hard to believe, but beachcombers said it happened all the time. Summer Shorelines: On Beach Filled With Frolic, Scavengers Listen for Treasure 2013-07-26T16:35:59Z A football and volleyball washed up on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska, with names written on them, allowing beachcombers David and Yumi Baxter to trace the teenage owners and send them back. Oregon braced for tsunami debris storms 2012-10-09T01:49:12Z Some items have already started to surface on U.S. beaches last month, when a beachcomber found a volleyball and a soccer ball floating off of Alaska’s Middleton Island. Harley Davidson Swept Away by Japan Tsunami Surfaces in Canada 2012-05-03T04:05:40Z These beachcombers, along with firearms that had been introduced by trade or salvaged from wrecks, brought about the first striking alterations. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z But beachcombers say the debris has already begun to reach land. Looking for Tsunami Debris on West Coast Beaches 2012-03-13T05:07:44Z This then is the destiny of those toy animals that beachcombers fail to recover: baked brittle by the sun, they will eventually disintegrate into shards. The great escape of bath toys in the Pacific 2012-02-12T00:05:21Z Ambergris has made the occasional beachcomber rich, as it did this last summer when 40 kilograms of ambergris were discovered on the North Island of New Zealand, rumored to net $400,000 for the finders. Ambergris, Treasure of the Deep 2012-01-12T21:30:14Z For years, remnants of the spill—red beavers, blue turtles, green frogs and yellow ducks—have been washing up on the U.S. west coast to the delight of local beachcombers. Overboard: 28,000 toys and one man, lost at sea 2011-05-02T16:15:05.690Z Rival chiefs competed for the acquisition of muskets, gunpowder, and beachcombers. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z He counts some 10,000 people in the loose-knit network of serious beachcombers who read his newsletter and report their seashore findings to him. Looking for Tsunami Debris on West Coast Beaches 2012-03-13T05:07:44Z I loved the part about containers falling off a ship, the part about the oceanographers tracking the castaways with the help of far-flung beachcombers. The great escape of bath toys in the Pacific 2012-02-12T00:05:21Z Beuse, who employs what she calls “dedicated collectors and beachcombers” to supply her with ambergris, isn’t surprised by the territorial aggression. Ambergris, Treasure of the Deep 2012-01-12T21:30:14Z The former beachcomber wore Western clothes and had trimmed his once luxuriant and scraggly beard, but he was none the less unmistakably Handcraft. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z The best time for beachcombers to find sand dollars is at low tide after a storm. | Sand Dollars 2011-01-09T04:50:01Z “Maybe he’s not really a beachcomber,” Penny returned, low. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Putnam nearly had one foot in the surf, and he wiggled it afterward like a beachcomber shaking sand out of his shoes. U.S. Open Is a Different Event, but Not Unlike Your Weekly Foursome 2010-06-19T15:54:00Z There were swimmers and sunbathers enjoying an exquisite morning; there were news crews and satellite trucks; there were beachcombers gathering and photographing blobs of sticky brown . Florida Officials Simmer Over BP Efforts on Oil Spill 2010-06-05T19:32:00Z Another fossil was similar to today’s horseshoe crab, a biological throwback familiar to beachcombers. Fossil Trove Shows Diverse Creatures of Cambrian Did Not Disappear 2010-05-17T21:58:00Z On Dauphin Island, Alabama, a barrier island and beach resort full of weekend swimmers and beachcombers, workers assisting the protection operation found tar balls and tar beads washing ashore on Saturday. BP suffers snag in Gulf oil containment effort 2010-05-09T00:34:00Z In a moment the old beachcomber came along. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Some find their way to Hawaiian beaches where they are highly prized by beachcombers. Oahu Traveler's guide The two beachcombers ran on together, footing briskly past the long boat sheds and the high white veranda of Bendemeer's place.... Where the Pavement Ends There you have it, a perfect set-up to make beachcombers out of the whole colony. The Test Colony He slops around the lagoon like a beachcomber and hasn't brought in a decent specimen yet. Tabby They followed the path, and a moment later caught a fleeting glimpse of the beachcomber. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Anyway, this beachcomber carried the woman and her daughter all over the shop, but mostly to out-of-the-way islands, where there were no police, and he thought, perhaps, the soft job hung out. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The savage had fallen enamored of the head of the beachcomber, and Christopher Alexander Pellett had been betrayed by his fatal red whiskers. Where the Pavement Ends Even though she despised him, and preferred the company of licentious beachcombers, he worshiped her. Colorado Jim Something about the fellow suggested covert insolence; he had the air of a beachcomber who had unexpectedly fallen into a soft berth, and it had gone to his head. The Pagan Madonna The beachcomber passed within a few feet of the girls. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Here, on this island, were two traders and many beachcombers. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 Hence the astonishment of Fufuti, which knew the ways of black recruits, when Karaki took the worthless beachcomber to his bosom. Where the Pavement Ends Under a spattering fire from the beachcomber's drunken companions we pulled out into deeper water and safety, and then, shipping my oar, I sprang to Te Manu's aid. The Flemmings And "Flash Harry" Of Savait From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 The beachcombers, who were tired of living on Kuria, were anxious to get away; the natives desired the plunder to be obtained from the prize. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Seemingly that old beachcomber regards it as his own personal property.” Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z With him were three beachcombers whose foul language and insolent demeanour angered both the captain and Simi, who were quiet men. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 They cannot be called 'beachcombers,' for there is nothing on the beach for them to comb. The Call Of The South 1908 The beachcombers would be in clean pyjama suits with bright-coloured neckties. From Place to Place Suddenly the beachcomber stopped, and in a harsh voice said— "What is the good news for Deschard?" The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Ahead of them they now could see a moving light which undoubtedly was a flash lantern carried by the beachcomber. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z I will not sell it," replied the trader coldly, eyeing the beachcomber steadily, "at least to no one in Ponap�. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 Old Tom was a character, and well known all over Polynesia as an inveterate old loafer and beachcomber. The Call Of The South 1908 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 Place to Place But of the four beachcombers there was no sign. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Again the beachcomber struck the stalagmites, listening raptly while the sounds died slowly away. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z There were six or seven of these beachcombers living on the island, and they all disliked Simi, who would have none of their company; but in Karta's house they were made welcome. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 He was wrecked on the Peruvian coast and became a beachcomber, and then got a berth in a whaler. The Frozen Pirate Yet beachcombers remembered his advent among the islands a score of years before, at which time the yellow mustache was already budding silkily on his lip. A Son Of The Sun The beachcomber meditated a few seconds; then he walked down to the boat. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Perhaps no book of Stevenson's is less popular than his narrative of storm and calm, of beachcombers and brown Polynesian princes. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) At these words the three beachcombers laughed, and when they saw that Simi made no answer, but turned aside from Karta in contempt, one of them called him a coward. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 Come along here,” came in the beachcomber’s harsh voice, and Carey had to hurry to him. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale I took you for a thieving beachcomber, and not for a really intelligent pirate and murderer. A Son Of The Sun The mate was agreeable to this, and bidding the beachcomber and his victim good-day he returned to the ship. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 He could not help filling the book full with his abundant vitality and his keen observation of the islands and the beachcombers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Karta and the beachcombers were leading in a whaleboat, which was being rowed very swiftly. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 As Carey landed he glanced at the now enormous stack of pearl shells and at the tubs once more well filled with oysters, for the beachcomber had not let his men be idle. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale I was down and out, a beachcomber,—booze. Terry A Tale of the Hill People Towards midnight she sank; and the last of the beachcombers of Kuria sank with her. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 The first a big sailor as was evident by his gait, as well as his costume, and the man who followed in his wake was of a slinking type, and may have been a beachcomber. Frontier Boys in Frisco "There it is," said Challoner quietly, pointing to his boat-house, but not deigning to accompany the beachcomber and show him the weapon. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 But his every sense was on the strain, as he listened to a sudden rush down past the saloon door, expectant of shot after shot from the beachcomber’s revolver. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale A few paces behind me a beachcomber wobbled along with my sea-bag on his shoulder—for what A.B. would demean himself with such labor on pay-day, when moochers abounded at his heel! The Blood Ship And then Harry, once the boatsteerer and now the beachcomber, fired his muskets into the thick, surging mass of humanity on the little 'islet, and every shot told. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 "Didn't you despise the men your father brought home—the beachcombers?" The Ragged Edge For some few seconds there was silence; the beachcomber, with his clenched fist still on the table, was trying to discover whether the man before him was intimidated. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 Their semi-captivity seemed more bearable, and it showed in their looks and actions, the beachcomber noting it and showing a grim kind of satisfaction. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale He was no beachcomber or sailor, one could tell that at a glance. The Blood Ship I'm going to be an … no, not an angel like Fox … an … oh, a beachcomber. The Inheritors The beachcomber, the lowest in the human scale; and some day he would enter into this estate. The Ragged Edge The beachcomber's hand went to his belt—and stayed there, as the trader stepped aside from the doorway and he saw a rifle pointed at his heart. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 But Carey’s greatest treats were upon the hunting expeditions made by the beachcomber’s blacks ashore to obtain fresh meat in the way of a delicacy or two for their chief and something substantial for themselves. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale Anyway, this beachcomber carried the woman and her daughter all over the shop, but mostly to out-of-the-way islands, where there were no police, and he thought, perhaps, the soft job hung out. Island Nights' Entertainments Again and again Gould was charged with being a wrecker of property; a financial beachcomber who destroyed that he might profit. Great Fortunes from Railroads A beachcomber in embryo, and she had lent a hand through habit as much as through pity. The Ragged Edge In front of the trader's house Larmer and another beachcomber were directing a score of Kiti natives how to sling the heavy gun between two stout poles. The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers 1901 There was a few minutes’ silence, and then the beachcomber began again. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale I am 'on the beachcomber's lay,' now, down at the Jersey Arms, Rozel Pier. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story At the same time the top of Brice's head buried itself under the beachcomber's chin, forcing the giant's jaw upward and backward. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story When a man reaches the lowest scale through drink, we call him a beachcomber. The Ragged Edge I found out afterward that Wainwright was a regular beachcomber—the smartest man on the whole coast, but kept down by rum. Rolling Stones The black darted back to his companions, and the beachcomber turned to Carey. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale He was an ex-seaman and beachcomber who made regular voyages to southern ports and imported personally conducted invoices of talking parrots and dialectic paroquets. Sixes and Sevens In Coralio they called him a beachcomber; but he was, in reality, a categorical idealist who strove to anamorphosize the dull verities of life by the means of brandy and rum. Cabbages and Kings So she told him the adventure of the two beachcombers in the typhoon, and how they became regenerated by their magnificent courage. The Ragged Edge But any company would have been preferable to the doctor's, at whom he had always looked askance as a sort of beachcomber of superior intelligence partly reclaimed from his abased state. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard The beachcomber nodded, and the black shouted again, with the result that six more of the blacks came running to the side and dropped over into the canoe. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale Then, by thunder, you white-livered beachcomber, a rope will touch you till you're flayed. The Vision Splendid The most brazen sophistry could not dignify by the name of "loan" the coin contemptuously flung to a beachcomber who slept on the bare boards of the public market. Cabbages and Kings What right had a young woman to possess the scarring and intimate knowledge of that dreg of human society, the beachcomber? The Ragged Edge By what right did this ragged beachcomber, in dungaree trousers and a cotton shirt, suggest such a thing as peace and content to him and his overwrought, exhausted soul? South Sea Tales “Now then, down with you,” growled the beachcomber, and Carey and the doctor had to go, leaving Bostock with his eyes far more wide open than usual. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale “It was the tale of this old beachcomber that brought us here,” he explained. Adventure Some beachcomber in Honolulu had whispered to you, and you'd written to the Governor to find out. The Night-Born I made it a point to bring beachcombers to the house to fill her with horror of mankind. The Ragged Edge That this barefooted beachcomber should possess such high-sounding dignity was inconceivable. South Sea Tales But it had not the slightest effect upon the beachcomber, who stood looking on while Black Jack and a companion heaved together and tried to overturn the oldest tub, but without result. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale He was appalled by the thought of her shoulder to shoulder with the drunken rabble of traders and beachcombers at Guvutu. Adventure So they watched till half a dozen buckets had been severally poured in and emptied out, and then there was a hoarse chuckle from the beachcomber. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale The same look she had often seen in the eyes of the drunken beachcombers her father had brought home, and it had not filled her with horror. The Ragged Edge “Where are you going, boy?” cried the beachcomber. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale “Hold hard,” cried the beachcomber, when the bottom was nearly reached. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale The beachcomber asked questions and he answered them, about the lading of the vessel; but both Carey and Bostock noticed that he carefully avoided all reference to the bullion that was on board. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale There was a savage roar from the beachcomber, and as Bostock hurried along the quarter-deck and descended to the cabin entrance two shots were fired in rapid succession. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale |
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