droke n
   1 1983 Gazetteer of Canada: Nfld 48 Drook, Drook Cove, Drook Hill, etc. 1989 Evening Telegram 23 July, p. A12 There is [in the photograph of Cape Broyle] a good example of the 'saltbox' house and what appears to be a droke leading down from the residence.
   2 Phr droke of woods/spruce, etc.
   P 245-86 '[He] approached the droke o' woods towards the bear's [winter] den.' 1986 SAUNDERS 29 She...left the road and plowed into a thick droke of spruce until the cart brought up against a stump. 1989 Evening Telegram 20 Dec, p. 5 As it got late in the evening we'd go into a droke of thick forest and with this piece of duck [for shelter] we could weather the worst storms.

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