dragooners

Some thirty Highlanders, mostly Macdonalds, picked dare-devils, had been mounted and turned into dragooners, and I, thanks to the Colonel, had been made Captain over them.

The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

"Poor old Jack," said I to myself, "sweating and swearing over your riff-raff dragooners, and here am I, who envied you yester-morn, on the top rung of life."

The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

In less than five minutes the last batch of dragooners had cursed and spurred themselves out of sight, and the bright moon shone down on a road once more bare and white save for a few scattered patches of black.

The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

Time passed on, and the dragooners were seen no more, nor the handsome devil-may-care face of Sergeant Basket.

I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Next day the dragooners searched the town again, and were billeted all about among the cottages.

I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Once more the dragooners are after me -- not five minutes away.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Heard by scouts o 'these gentry bein' sent to Bodmin, and were minded to fight th 'Earl o' Stamford whiles his dragooners was away.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903