He came back from the toilet, and Kinney was still interrogating the beach bum, the ex-marine.

NEWYORKER: Share

This afternoon, Kinney had attached himself to a barefoot beach bum who seemed hopped up on something.

NEWYORKER: Fiction

Their other specialty tours include one for the snack food junkie (think Dutch pickles and cheese) and another for the beach bum, among others.

BBC: Amsterdam on wheels

In despair, they advertise for a bodyguard, and wind up with a free-living beach bum and Army deserter (Owen Wilson), who will feign anything for money.

NEWYORKER: Drillbit Taylor

Spend a day there (or three, as I did while we waited for the boat's engine to be fixed), and you will fall in love with the friendly, beach bum lifestyle.

BBC: This is Miami week

As a former beach bum who spent years exploring the reefs in the Florida Keys, and later traveling around the world to write a book about the status of coral reefs, I was already familiar with many of these threats.

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