combers

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Heavy surges breaking on a beach.

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  • beach-combers

    Loiterers around a bay or harbour. ...

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  • combers, grass

    Men who volunteer from the plough-tail, and often prove valuable seamen. ...

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  • grass-combers

    A galley-term for all those landsmen who enter the naval service from farming counties. Lord Exmouth...

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