drappie

British  

/ ˈdræpɪ /

noun

1. a little drop, esp a small amount of spirits

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Example Sentences

We are na fou, we're na that fou, But just a drappie in our e'e; O, my luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June.

From Time Magazine Archive

Onyhow, such a ride, and such a wetting, desarves a drappie of toddy, and perhaps Sir Mooray may ask me to take it.

From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville

Be off now, and I’ll bring ye a wee drappie by and by,” cried Kenneth.

From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by Fenn, George Manville

Never fear," said he, "I'll just rub a wee drappie on the pawms of my hands to keep away the frost-bite, for its awsome cold, man.

From Tales from Many Sources Vol. V by Various

The true Highlander always expects to drink a wee drappie with the coming and the parting guest.

From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins