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Examples

  • Ma faither aye took a drappy ilka nicht, haudin 'his bonnet in his haun' the while.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • Til hae a wee drappy o 'whusky if ye've got it gude,' said McIntosh, cautiously, 'but I dinna care for they wines that sour on a body's stomach.'

    Madame Midas Fergus Hume 1895

  • But winna ye bide till Mysie comes in, and hae a drappy milk wi 'them?

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

  • Ye maun hae an egg noo, and a drappy o 'milk -- creamy milk, Francie!

    Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864

  • "I thocht Hawkie wad hae a drappy o 'het milk by this time," said

    David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864

  • "Gin that thrawn wife wad hae but gien me a drappy o 'whusky, I wad hae been a' richt."

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

  • "Ye'll be wantin 'a drappy mair cauld watter, I'm thinkin'," said

    Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864

  • 'Come and hae a drappy o' new-milkit milk, and a piece (_a piece of bread_) '.

    Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864

  • 'Willie MacGregor's had eneuch, mem, an' a drappy ower. '

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • "Tak 'a drappy mair, sir," he whispered in a coaxing, old-wivish tone;

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

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