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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Droger, Drogher, drō′ger, n. a West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.
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Drogher after drogher left us filled with salvage, while others crowded as near as they dared to receive the bags, cases and bundles, that were constantly being hurled overside.
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Our motto in the little drogher yonder is to keep her afloat with the least possible bother to ourselves.
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Down East molasses drogher skippers, who, notwithstanding the climate, clothed themselves in their go-ashore long-napped black beaver hats, stiff, coarse broadcloth coats, thick, high bombazine stocks and cowhide boots, landed from their two-oared unpainted yawls, and ascended the stairs with the air of an admiral of the blue.
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"A Rimouski drogher on the lookout for a tow."
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