drogher
Example Sentences
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The drogher spun round like a top, and off she flew before the hurricane.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
In the state of the sea, to get on board the drogher from the dinghy, was an operation too dangerous to be attempted.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
Away flew the drogher amid the roaring seas into the pitchy darkness, which now settled down over the ocean.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
At night sail was shortened, and the schooner stood backwards and forwards, now to the northward, now to the southward, so that no risk might be run of passing the drogher in the dark.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
It was done, however, in a way, when Needham casting his eyes towards the shore, exclaimed— “The drogher is drifting—we must veer out more cable!”
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
