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Examples
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Ma faither aye took a drappy ilka nicht, haudin 'his bonnet in his haun' the while.
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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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
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But winna ye bide till Mysie comes in, and hae a drappy milk wi 'them?
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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Ye maun hae an egg noo, and a drappy o 'milk -- creamy milk, Francie!
Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864
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"I thocht Hawkie wad hae a drappy o 'het milk by this time," said
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
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"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
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"Ye'll be wantin 'a drappy mair cauld watter, I'm thinkin'," said
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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'Come and hae a drappy o' new-milkit milk, and a piece (_a piece of bread_) '.
Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864
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'Willie MacGregor's had eneuch, mem, an' a drappy ower. '
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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"Tak 'a drappy mair, sir," he whispered in a coaxing, old-wivish tone;
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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