washashore

plural washashores

1. derogatoryNantucket; Martha's Vineyard; Cape Cod; Nantucket; Martha's Vineyard; Cape CodSomeone 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

   1 more example

   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 without being given place in its public history.

   2026 February 9 (last accessed), “Strangers, Coofs, and Washashores”, in Nantucket Historical Association, archived from the original on 27 May 2022, page 4