drogher

Example Sentences

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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

Away flew the drogher amid the roaring seas into the pitchy darkness, which now settled down over the ocean.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

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

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 drogher spun round like a top, and off she flew before the hurricane.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald