Lexicographical Neighbors of Drooked
Literary usage of Drooked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Collection of Old Plays by Robert Dodsley (1780)
"... it \ grew drooked, it bore crabs; I hewed it down, what's become ^ of it, I
neither know, nor care. ..."
2. The cruise of the Midge by Michael Scott (1842)
"First one wee drooked chiel came in, and syne another, but most of them were
beyond the time, for the day was bad, ..."
3. Circuit Journeys by Henry Cockburn Cockburn (1888)
"Mr. Aitken, the Clerk of Court, and two counsel, were three of the drooked.
The clerk's papers all went down the stream, but were recovered, ..."
4. The New Jersey Scrap Book of Women Writers by New Jersey Board of Women Managers of the Exhibits of the State of New Jersey, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"... through the fields, Whaur scarlet poppies grew, An' pu'd the cowslip frae its
bed, Wi' petals drooked in dew. ..."
5. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"He wis oot iv aa that rain an' gat drooked ti the skin." Compare DOOK, 2, and DRAAK.
"Drouk, to drench, to soak, to besmear. ..."
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