drogher

Example Sentences

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Then the drogher, getting herself clear, would proceed innocently to the custom-house steps, where all such coasters had to report themselves on arrival.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

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

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 Webb, Archibald

Still the drogher lay over on her side and gave no signs of righting.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

It was a question whether the drogher had continued her course due west, or had steered northward to Saint Barts, or southward to Saint Eustatia, or Saint Kitts.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald