drouthy
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Matabeleland by contrast seemed rather drab and drouthy, yet she was showing signs of spring.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly
Southwards, again, on the pleasant Surrey downs there is shouting and jostling; dust that is drouthy and language that is sultry.
From Pagan Papers by Grahame, Kenneth
The reader will now agree with me that El-Wijh is not too drouthy for a quarantine-ground.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Indeed, ma'am, I thought master had prayed so long he'd be drouthy.
From Ruth by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Nay! lean on me—Come! look upon your child, And Heav'n in ruth will smite your drouthy heart, And send the balm of tears about your soul.
From Poems by Cassels, Walter Richard
A drouthier pair of mortals could not have been found anywhere; and at the first draught, each emptied his cup to the bottom!
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
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