drogher
Example Sentences
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After due discussion they hired a drogher, a country vessel employed in running between the surrounding islands and islets.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
I should never see the breathless dawn in the pondwater of Havana harbour, never be there with Seraphina close beside me in the little drogher.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
The next day and the next passed—the drogher did not appear, and the two captains became as anxious as were the three lieutenants to ascertain the fate of their midshipmen.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
The same afternoon the adventurers got back to their drogher, the overseer having liberally supplied them with as much venison and fish as they could possibly consume.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
Alick knew that Captain Hemming would not sail before the return of the drogher with his midshipmen, or should she not appear until he had endeavoured to ascertain their fate.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
