drifters

4 definitions • 3 examples

someone who does not have a permanent home or job and moves from one place to another or from one job to another :

Brian is a drifter who has no permanent address.

Apart from spells as a security guard, he was an unemployed drifter.

a boat for catching fish in nets that float behind it:

I love to watch the herring drifters come in with their catch of herring in the mornings.

in cricket, an occasion where a player bowls (= throws) the ball so that it curves slowly in the air towards or away from the batter (= the player trying to hit the ball)

a person who moves from one place to another or from one job to another without any real purpose