drogher

Example Sentences

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“The captain gives them three days more, and if the drogher does not appear at the end of that time, he intends to send the Tudor to look for them,” said Jack.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

“It proves, however, that the crew of the drogher must have been sober, or they could not have found their way clear of it.”

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

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 Webb, Archibald

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 Conrad, Joseph