drogher
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of drogher
1775–85; < Dutch drog ( h ) er ship for fishing and drying herring and mackerel, equivalent to drog ( en ) to dry + -er -er 1
Example Sentences
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There was no one else with us, the crew of the drogher being already on board to await our coming.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
The drogher spun round like a top, and off she flew before the hurricane.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
At night sail was shortened, and the schooner stood backwards and forwards, now to the northward, now to the southward, so that no risk might be run of passing the drogher in the dark.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
The port fell; the drogher went on bumping alongside, completely disregarded.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
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
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