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Definition of Droogs
1. droog [n] - See also: droog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Droogs
Literary usage of Droogs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote by Hugh Murray, James Wilson, Robert Kaye Greville, Robert Jameson, Whitelaw Ainslie, William Rhind, William Wallace, Clarence Dalrymple (1832)
"In the mean time the troops were employed in the reduction of some of the tremendous
droogs, or precipitous rocks, which rise as natural fortresses in this ..."
2. A Gazetteer of Southern India: With the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore by Pharoah and Co, Charles Walker, John Walker (1855)
"These are called droogs, and are thickly scattered over the country. Within forty
miles of Bangalore, are to be found two of the most extensive, ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1830)
"He commanded a brigade of Sepoys, and was present at the attack of a number of
droogs, or hill forts ; at the siege of Seringapatam, ..."
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