drouthy
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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
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
In the drouthy or too moist summer days and evenings, she never awakens our hopes or fears with shrill prophecies of rain as does her nimbler and more aspiring cousin, the tree-toad.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
Too frequently at nights Burns's love of sociality and excitement drove him forth to seek the companionship of neighbours and drouthy cronies, who gathered habitually at the Globe Tavern and other such haunts.
From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell
To see your game was such a treat, Great was my luck with you to meet; You are indeed a beauty without paint, The picture of a drouthy saint.'
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet
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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