drook
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Wick was still hidden in the drook, she said.
From The Harbor Master by Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
I bes all alone, so help me Peter!" replied the girl, "an' it bain't safe the way we bes talkin' now, up an' down the drook.
From The Harbor Master by Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
Git north to the drook where yer man bes, an' lay down there, the three o' ye, till I fetches yer bully.
From The Harbor Master by Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
They reached the black crest where the brushwood of the drook showed above the level of the barrens.
From The Harbor Master by Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
When she reached the head of the drook she halted and gave ear.
From The Harbor Master by Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
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