drumly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of drumly
1505–15; nasalized variant of Middle English drublie, droblie, Old English drōflīc, equivalent to drōf turbid, troubled (cognate with German trüb ) + -līc -ly
Example Sentences
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“O boatman, boatman, put off your boat!Put off your boat for gowden monie!I cross the drumly stream the night,Or never mair I see my honey.”
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
The green meadows were not inviting, the grass was dripping, the flowers closed and heavy, the river red and drumly.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah
This night ye are a drumly river; But over thee we'll build a brig, That ye nae mair true love may sever.
From The Book of Old English Ballads by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
His face did glow like the glow o' the West, When the drumly cloud had it half o'ercast; Or the struggling moon when she's sair distrest.
From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan
The last verse is this: 'O wae betide thee, Annan Water, I vow thou art a drumly river; But over thee I'll build a brig, That thou true love no more may sever.'
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
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