drogher

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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

If that is not Desmond I’m a Dutchman, and the man sitting just abaft the stroke-oar is Dick Needham, who went with the youngsters in the drogher.

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

But ye must see by this time, sir, the corvette had come down and rounded to on the weather beam of the drogher, acting like a screen for the schooner close under his lee.

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

They were both, too, very anxious about Tom and Gerald, and they could only hope that if the drogher had not returned she was safe in some other port.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald