dr. ap.

No doubt they were "drap" dumplings, because they went to the bottom of the kettle and staid there until we fished them out.

Drap in yo' nickel, I say, an' ef yer ain't got a nickel, come up an' let's pray fur yer!

Sometimes we'd make a mistake an' drap three seeds instead o' two an' if we did dis too often it meant de strap fum de overseer.

But whenst ye would face round agin, they'd drap down ahint the aidge o' the rock.