drook
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Droug: the horse’s name means friend, and is pronounced “drook.”
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“Where,” asks G. N., “can I find the remainder of that beautiful Highland ballad beginning— ‘I canna drook th’ stourie tow, Nor ither soak my hoggie: Hae cluttered up the muckle doon, An’ wow but I was voggie.’”
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The beach was narrow, and a glance disclosed the fact that at every full tide it was entirely submerged; but a "drook" or a narrow cleft, thickly grown with hardy bushes, led up from the land-wash to the barrens above.
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They beached the bully at the foot of the drook and made her fast.
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A thought of the little drook came to her mind and she quickened her steps along the path.
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