drogher

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

They, at all events, congratulated themselves that they had not been on board the drogher when she was blown away from Saba.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald