curagh
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Again, a curagh with two light people in it floats on the water like a nut-shell, and the slightest inequality in the stroke throws the prow round at least a right angle from its course.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
The instant a break is seen they swoop down to the surf, launch their curagh, and pull out to sea with incredible speed.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
I asked her if the curagh would soon be coming back with the priest.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
The tide was going out when we landed, so we merely stranded the curagh and went up to the little hotel.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
We had only a three-oared curagh, and if the sea had gone much higher we should have run a good deal of danger.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
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