drogher
Example Sentences
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One fine day the drogher was driven out to sea, and never heard of a’terwards.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
Needham is a prime seaman, and he will have done what was possible to keep the drogher afloat, though they were sadly short-handed, I own.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
Drogher after drogher left us filled with salvage, while others crowded as near as they dared to receive the bags, cases and bundles, that were constantly being hurled overside.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
Their surprise and their swearing appeared to me alarmingly unaffected; with a most imbecile alacrity they exerted themselves, with small spars and boathooks, to push the drogher off.
From Romance by Joseph Conrad
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 William Beebe
