BEACH
NOUNS
1350 ► BANK a beach; the sea-coast or shore → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1539 ► AYRE a gravelly beach; a ridge of sand or gravel formed by the sea → chiefly Sc.
19C.. ► DAB-DUMPS the small pools left on the beach when the tide has fallen → Eng. dial.
1859 ► MARGENT a beach, margin, bank → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1902 ► LAYS pools of sea water left along the beach at the ebb of the tide (Bk.)
1911 ► BING the sea beach → Sc. (Bk.)
1990 ► APRICOT (AND PEACH) the beach → rhyming sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1881 ► BEACHMAN a person who earns his living on the beach
1905 ► WADER a person who forages on the beach for wreck materials → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1923 ► BEACHER a holiday-maker or tourist at a beach → sl.
1944 ► BEACH BUM a person, esp. a youth, who hangs about on beaches all day → sl.
1952 ► BEACH BUNNY an attractive young woman who frequents the beach, esp. to watch surfing → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
1967 ► BEACHIE a seashore loafer → UK sl.
1979 ► BEACH RAT a person, esp. a youth, who hangs about on beaches all day → UK sl.
VERBS
1949 ► SCOW-BANG to search idly along a beach for anything edible or otherwise of value → Amer. dial.
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