drogher
Example Sentences
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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
Higson made a leap into the boat, which shoved off just as the drogher, giving a slight roll, sank from sight.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
Howsoever, matey, it can’t be helped, and you had better up with the port studding-sails, hang out all the rags, and make the old drogher walk.”
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
The drogher spun round like a top, and off she flew before the hurricane.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
They were both, too, very anxious about Tom and Gerald, and they could only hope that if the drogher had not returned she was safe in some other port.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
