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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
drop .
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Examples
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I swear to God thou liest as I am Christian: if thou droppest lance and drawest sword, soon shalt thou see thou art carrying water to the cat:
Don Quixote 2002
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"My lord King!" says the Queen, "tell me wherefore thou droppest bitter tears?"
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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-- I swear to God thou liest as I am Christian: if thou droppest lance and drawest sword, soon shalt thou see thou art carrying water to the cat: Biscayan on land, hidalgo at sea, hidalgo at the devil, and look, if thou sayest otherwise thou liest. "
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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-- I swear to God thou liest as I am Christian: if thou droppest lance and drawest sword, soon shalt thou see thou art carrying water to the cat: Biscayan on land, hidalgo at sea, hidalgo at the devil, and look, if thou sayest otherwise thou liest. "
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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