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
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 Fenn, George Manville
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
"Thank you, Donald, but I rarely drink anything stronger than ale," said I. "Aweel!" said he, "if ye winna', ye winna', an' there's but a wee drappie left, tae be sure."
From The Broad Highway by Farnol, Jeffery
“Troth is there,” said the dame; “it's Trotting Nelly's news; and though she likes a drappie, I dinna think she would invent a lee or carry ane—at least to me, that am a gude customer.”
From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir
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