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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river, about 280 km (175 mi) long, of Albania flowing north and west to the Adriatic Sea.

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Examples

  • It is separated by the White Drin from the Moslem tribe of Ljuma on the one side, and on the other marches with the Moslem Krasnich.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • The sea captain, a much kinder soul than the one's from earlier, prepares to mercy kill it, but Arthur grabs Drin and takes him under.

    Archive 2008-04-01 rob! 2008

  • Unfortunately, Arthur's "brother", Drin, gets too close to the boat's rotors, and is killed by accident.

    Archive 2008-04-01 rob! 2008

  • However, I did think the scene where Drin resuscitated Mary while she was sealed in his enormous beak was pushing it a little too much.

    REVIEW: The Good New Stuff edited by Gardner Dozois 2006

  • He is told now that Drin is gone, he is to be eaten by a school of sharks.

    Archive 2008-04-01 rob! 2008

  • "It is a fact that certain mammals act far differently in clusters than they do when isolated," Drin said somberly.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • "All of which I understand," Drin admitted without of-fense.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • "All of which I understand," Drin admitted without of­fense.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • "It is a fact that certain mammals act far differently in clusters than they do when isolated," Drin said somberly.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • Aegean and from the Black Sea to the river Drin in Albania; it received a considerable coast-line on the Aegean and abutted on the Gulf of Salonica under the walls of that town.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

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