drouthy
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Never were canteens crowded so quickly, never have hundreds of the hungry and drouthy clamoured so eagerly for admission as on that day.
From The Red Horizon by MacGill, Patrick
Indeed, ma'am, I thought master had prayed so long he'd be drouthy.
From Ruth by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
A female in a wig Stood by me, and a drouthy voice Announced her—Mrs. Betsy Prig.
From The Heptalogia by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
"I'm drouthy, Nanny," the doctor said, to give her something to do, "and I would be obliged for a drink of water."
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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
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