drappie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Asked to explain this lunatic proceeding I could only say that I was sugaring for moths; these airy fairy gentlemen having a very human liking for a "wee drappie o't."
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway
Anyway, every nicht after that the audience wanted its wee drappie o' Scotch, and got it, in good measure, for I love to sing the Scottish songs.
From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir
May we ne'er want a freend, or a drappie to gie him.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
But at last, when the worst of the tormentors were all assembled together, two of the Scots came into the room where they were havin' a wee drappie.
From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir
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