Definition of Drappies

1. drappy [n] - See also: drappy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drappies

draperies
drapers
drapery
draperylike
drapes
drapet
drapetomania
drapets
drapey
drapier
drapiers
draping
drapings
drapped
drappie
drappies (current term)
drapping
drappy
draps
drapur
drash syndrome
drastic
drastically
drastick
drastics
drasty
drat
drate
drats
dratted

Literary usage of Drappies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"Creuzat, Pr. 64-0 23-0 10-5 , Oa and Mg 2-5=: 100 drappies. Ï. Halle 57-0 22-5 5'5 8'5 Il'0=a9 5 Duflos. 3. ..."

2. Sententiæ juris: legal and other epigram by William Holloway (1896)
"Probably it is thought that, unless the judge rehearse it, Donald after sundry "wee drappies " may stumble in the formula. The "elevation " (as Mr. Warren ..."

3. Hill-side and Border Sketches: With Legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir by William Hamilton Maxwell, John Leech, George S. Measom (1847)
"When you have half-a-dozen drappies in, as a wet night requires a man should have to steady himself next morning, you have no more brains than a woodcock. ..."

4. On Duty: A Ride Through Hostile Africa by Parker Gillmore (1880)
"None o' yer drappies that ye can scarce drown a flea in, mon ! " was his reply. The other was the " predicant," or preacher. He was a smooth-faced and oily, ..."

5. The Scottish Poets Recent and Living by Alexander G. Murdoch (1883)
"An' aye when the wind wad blaw gurlie an' dour, The red ane aye bent owre the genty bit flow'r; When drappies o" rain on its ..."

6. Poems and Songs, Gaelic and English by Mary Cameron Mackellar (1880)
"... And Elspet a tongue has although she has money ; And a wee bird has whispered 't wad tak' a bit stell Tae mak' a' the drappies she tipples hersel'. ..."

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