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draying

[ drey-ing ]
/ ˈdreɪ ɪŋ /
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noun
the business, occupation, or activities of driving a dray.
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Origin of draying

First recorded in 1855–60; dray + -ing1

Words nearby draying

draw up, draw weight, dray, drayage, dray horse, draying, drayman, Drayton, drch., D.R.E., dread
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How to use draying in a sentence

  • Birdall, I remember, who had great draying interests, had turned loose three hundred dray horses.

    The Strength of the Strong|Jack London

  • Building up the burned district, draying around the bay in every conceivable branch.

    A Little Girl in Old San Francisco|Amanda Minnie Douglas

  • Tiring of the sea he put his earnings in a draying enterprise.

    Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman
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