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droughty
/ˈdɹaʊti/
adj 2
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1DROUGHTY + NOUN
river, throat
Definitions
adj
1
Lacking rain.
From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes.
2
Dry; thirsty.
thou muſt / With taſteleſs Water waſh thy droughty Throat.
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From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes.
Wiktionary02
thou muſt / With taſteleſs Water waſh thy droughty Throat.
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