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droke.

An alley.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An alley.

    UK · dated · dialectal
noun
  1. A narrow valley with steep sides, sometimes with a stream.

    England · Newfoundland · dialectal · especially
  2. A thick grove or belt of trees, especially in (and stretching across) a valley.

    Newfoundland · dialectal · especially
Where this word 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”).

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