drouthy
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Still we find among the river-drift their flakes of ancient tile, And in drouthy middle August, when the bones of meadows show, We can trace the lines they followed sixteen hundred years ago.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard
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
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
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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