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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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
Higson made a leap into the boat, which shoved off just as the drogher, giving a slight roll, sank from sight.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
Our motto in the little drogher yonder is to keep her afloat with the least possible bother to ourselves.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
Alick knew that Captain Hemming would not sail before the return of the drogher with his midshipmen, or should she not appear until he had endeavoured to ascertain their fate.
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
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