Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Drenched.
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Examples
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Greatly refreshed by this opportune bit and sup, the tired and "droukit" rider cheerfully resumed his way; and it was with a stout heart that, after a certain time, he found Roderick cautiously leading the pony down to the water's edge.
Prince Fortunatus William Black 1869
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My droukit sark-sleeve, [3] as ye ken; [drenched chemise]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Miss Wardour was safe in the chariot; she was hame a quarter of an hour syne, for it's now ganging ten --- sair droukit was she, puir thing, sae I e'en put a glass o 'sherry in her water-gruel.' '
The Antiquary 1845
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"But ye wadna wait to hear out my tale, Monkbarns -- she gaed out, and she came in again with the gardener sae sune as she saw that nane o 'ye were clodded ower the Craig, and that Miss Wardour was safe in the chariot; she was hame a quarter of an hour syne, for it's now ganging ten -- sair droukit was she, puir thing, sae I e'en put a glass o' sherry in her water-gruel."
The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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"But ye wadna wait to hear out my tale, Monkbarns -- she gaed out, and she came in again with the gardener sae sune as she saw that nane o 'ye were clodded ower the Craig, and that Miss Wardour was safe in the chariot; she was hame a quarter of an hour syne, for it's now ganging ten -- sair droukit was she, puir thing, sae I e'en put a glass o' sherry in her water-gruel."
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
dangleberry commented on the word droukit
soaking, as in wet
July 18, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word droukit
"'And yet, by the evening, we would be so droukit wi' fatigue that we could barely set one foot before the other.'"
—Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 1222
January 29, 2010