droke
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Droke¹
Where it comes from
Respelling of Droge.
proper noun Drokes
- A surname.
droke²
noun drokes
- An alley. Off the main thoroughfare of West Street were a number of small roads and alleys, which were often called 'drokes', although this rather archaic description quite passed me by at the time. […] One of the aforementioned drokes — or call it what you will — still exists today, at Adelaide Place, […]
droke³
Where it comes from
As a term for a valley with a stream, or a stream itself, found in various dialects as droke, drock, or drook; in various dialects one or more of those words can also denote other clefts, coves, drainage ditches, and furrows, or part of a plough.
Perhaps related to Old Norse or Icelandic drag (“soft slope or valley”).
noun drokes
- A narrow valley with steep sides, sometimes with a stream. I sent Fogarty forward to Foul-weather Droke to prepare for the night; while I walked to Condon Tickle and measured the breadth of it. I then went over Lower Table to the Droke; where I observed much old slot of deer, […]
- A thick grove or belt of trees, especially in (and stretching across) a valley. In passing through a droke of woods they came up with a wigwam which they entered, and took three Indian females, which have since been found to be Mother and her two daughters. These women they brought to their own homes, where they kept them[…]
Talk about this word "droke." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/droke. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. droke. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/droke "droke." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/droke.Cite this
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