drogher

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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

The drogher was hired by the day, and the longer she was out the more he pocketed.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

“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

The wonder was that the drogher still kept afloat; but she was tight and light as a cork—now she was on the top of one sea, now climbing up the side of another.

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