drogher
Example Sentences
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Unlike penguins and human beings, army ants have no rule of the road as to right and left, and there is no lessening of pace or turning aside for a heavily laden drogher.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
Nothing had been seen of the drogher, and Jack and Adair agreed that should she not appear in two or three days they would get leave to go in search of her.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
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 Webb, Archibald
The wonder was that the drogher still kept afloat; but she was tight and light as a cork—now she was on the top of one sea, now climbing up the side of another.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
Our motto in the little drogher yonder is to keep her afloat with the least possible bother to ourselves.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
