drogher

Example Sentences

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In the state of the sea, to get on board the drogher from the dinghy, was an operation too dangerous to be attempted.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

There was no one else with us, the crew of the drogher being already on board to await our coming.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

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

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

The port fell; the drogher went on bumping alongside, completely disregarded.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph