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drappie

British  
/ ˈdræpɪ /

noun

  1. a little drop, esp a small amount of spirits

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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

Never fear," said he, "I'll just rub a wee drappie on the pawms of my hands to keep away the frost-bite, for its awsome cold, man.

From Tales from Many Sources Vol. V by Various

Onyhow, such a ride, and such a wetting, desarves a drappie of toddy, and perhaps Sir Mooray may ask me to take it.

From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville

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

“And noo, if ye winna hae a drappie, go and tak’ aff the wat claes, for too much watter is bad for a man, even if the watter’s coot.”

From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by Fenn, George Manville