bouncer
n.— «It is absolutely amazing to me how badly boaters—especially liveaboards—are being discriminated against in SoCal and beyond. Even worse is the uneven treatment of those boaters port authorities have called “bouncers”—which I personally believe is a very derogatory term for what the sailing community generally refers to as “cruisers” who travel from port to port.» —“Reader Rant – Thank Local Liveaboards, Don’t Punish Them” by Todd Conant The Log.com (Irvine, California) Sept. 4, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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