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
“No, really,” said Craig at last; “I will not tak’ a wee drappie.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
She shall pring her a wee drappie, and she wass nice and try up in the tower, and she wass make a nice fire.”
From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by George Manville Fenn
“Oh,” said Saunders, “there’s naething to pay but my ain trouble, for it’s frankit; but aiblins the mistress will gie me a bit drappie, and so I’ll come betimes i’ the morning.”
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by John Galt
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 George Manville Fenn
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