washashore
washashore noun: someone who was not born and raised on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket.
Noun
washashore (plural washashores)
- Someone who was not born and raised on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket.
- If you want people to volunteer in local organizations and charities and town committees, then at a minimum acknowledge that the term “wash-ashore” is offensive and insulting, implying that we are garbage which just happened to float in on the tide.2022 March 22, Ellen Miller, “‘Wash-ashore’ is insulting”, in The Martha’s Vineyard Times
- This has been accomplished not only by the integration of many arrivals who have been called at various moments in Nantucket history “strangers,” “coofs,” and “washashores” (the current pejorative), but also by the belated recognition of people who have lived on Nantucket throughout its centuries...2026 February 9 (last accessed), “Strangers, Coofs, and Washashores”, in Nantucket Historical Association, archived from the original on 27 May 2022, page 4
Forms of washashore
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Origin of washashore
Deverbal from wash ashore.
Questions about washashore
- What does washashore mean?
- Washashore means someone who was not born and raised on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket.
- What part of speech is washashore?
- Washashore is a noun.
- What is the plural of washashore?
- The plural of washashore is washashores.
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