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

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

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

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

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