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

There's an auld carle glow'rin' oot ahint yon wa', But we'll sune gar him loup to the pipin' till he coup, For we'll gi'e him just a drappie, an' he'll no say na!

From Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus by Jacob, Violet

Jist lea' yer braw haggis for me tae prepare; And as for the dram, if I search the camp roun', We maun hae a drappie tae jist haud it doon.

From Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

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

My drappie aiblins blinks the noo, An' leesome luve has lapt the dyke Forgatherin' just a wee bit fou.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn