drogher

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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

It was done, however, in a way, when Needham casting his eyes towards the shore, exclaimed— “The drogher is drifting—we must veer out more cable!”

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

At night sail was shortened, and the schooner stood backwards and forwards, now to the northward, now to the southward, so that no risk might be run of passing the drogher in the dark.

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