dreigh
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dreigh
Variant of driegh
Example Sentences
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The Ash is a manly tree, but "dreigh and dour" in the leafing; and yonder stands an Ash-grove like a forest of ships with bare poles in the docks of Liverpool.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson
The moor was dreigh, and Meg was skeigh, Her favour Duncan could na win; For wi' the rock she wad him knock, And aye she shook the temper-pin.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
There they are that were capering on their prancing nags four days since, and they are now ganging as dreigh and sober as oursells the day.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
When thou an' I were young an' skeigh, An' stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, How thou wad prance, and snore, an' skreigh An' tak the road!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
When thou an’ I were young an’ skeigh, An’ stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, How thou wad prance, an’ snore, an’ skreigh, An’ tak the road!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
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