drogher

Example Sentences

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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

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

Nothing had been seen of the drogher, and Jack and Adair agreed that should she not appear in two or three days they would get leave to go in search of her.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

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

Unlike penguins and human beings, army ants have no rule of the road as to right and left, and there is no lessening of pace or turning aside for a heavily laden drogher.

From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William