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| beachcomber |
a person who lives by finding and selling miscellaneous items that wash ashore or are discarded there. [1/2 definitions] |
| castaway |
set adrift or ashore as a result of a shipwreck; shipwrecked. [1/2 definitions] |
| debark1 |
to put or go ashore, as from a ship; disembark. |
| disembark |
to put or go ashore from a ship. |
| maroon2 |
to put and leave (someone) ashore on an island or remote coast. [1/3 definitions] |
| shore leave |
permission granted to a ship's crew for onshore recreation, or the actual time spent ashore; liberty. |
| wrack2 |
seaweed, kelp, or other marine vegetation that has been washed ashore. [1/2 definitions] |
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