drogher

Example Sentences

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“It proves, however, that the crew of the drogher must have been sober, or they could not have found their way clear of it.”

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

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

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

One of the uniformed sitters waved his hand at us, recognizing an estate drogher, and shouted some directions, of which we only caught the words: "Steps—examination—to-morrow."

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph