Citations:drop


 * 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:
 * Here, then, they lay from Wednesday morning till Saturday night, without one bit of bread, or drop of drink, or light, or any to ask how they did; they were, therefore, here in evil case, and were far from friends and acquaintance.
 * 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol:
 * "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
 * "I certainly shan't hold my hand, when I can get anything in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, I promise you, Joe," returned the woman coolly. "Don't drop that oil upon the blankets, now."


 * 1953, Metal Treatment and Drop Forging:
 * This is expected since the calculated sessile drop height refers to a metal drop formed on a horizontal surface. The interripple distance, however, is determined by a drop formed at a curved surface so that the effective value of the
 * 2016, Clifford Beal, The Guns of Ivrea, Solaris (ISBN 9781849979207):
 * They climbed to the stern deck and Strykar waved his sword, marshalling them all to where there was a short drop down to the bow and fore deck of Seafox.

alcohol; drink

 * Hartley, Tales, 2nd S. 23:
 * Fowk are varry ready to say 'at shoo wor fond ov her drops,


 * 1718, UK Band of Hope Union, The British Band of Hope Journal, page 96:
 * BETTY was fond of her drop of beer, there could be no doubt of that. Many, many a time have I seen her old brown donkey waiting outside the 'Golden Grapes,' in the market-place, whilst his mistress was inside, taking her.drop, and ...
 * 1825, Every Day Occurrences. [A tale.], page 170:
 * "She occasionally takes her drops,” continued he, turning to Rose, “so you must not be surprised if she should happen to be hazy.” The precise meaning of hazy did not occur to Rose, who conceived that perhaps the poor lady&#39;s mind was ...
 * 1849, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London. First and Second Series[-Third Series by T. Miller-fourth Series by E. L. Blanchard]., page 414:
 * ... could be found against her character beyond that of making rather too free with the larder of her lodgers. Blousey is as fond of her drop of gin as ever, and is, as usual, in the habit of “reckoning up” every body she knows over her bottle.
 * 1892, Thomas Wright, The Pinch of Poverty: Sufferings and Heroism of the London Poor, page 259:
 * ... only a moderate drinker — as such things are estimated among the &quot;lower orders.&quot; In the words of a song popular among those orders, she "likes a drop of good beer, she does," and consumes her daily pint or two. She "likes her drops ..."
 * 1902, Etta Udora Snow, Illustrated Readings: A Series of Novel Pantomime Entertainments, page 73:
 * For dear Mrs. Murphy is fat and fair / And she takes her drop with a jaunty air. / Her linen is white as the foamy spray, / Her clothes-pins ride like knights to fray;
 * 1906, Sara Elisabeth Boggs, Sandpeep, page 41:
 * “Thought Louine was in a hurry fur her drops? ... “She&#39;s too much want-power,” aunt allowed, briskly passing the rolling-pin over the dough on the bake-board; “ Louine&#39;s allus wantin&#39; to do what she hedn&#39;t ought, like when she traipses over the ...
 * 2009, E. Charles Vivian, Evidence in Blue, Lulu.com (ISBN 9781605433783), page 32:
 * ... an&#39; I wouldn&#39;t swear to her allus rememberin&#39; what she&#39;s doin&#39; about the time she stokes up the biler. Never over her work—I&#39;ll say that for her—but latish, like, she takes her drop. An&#39; there have been times when I&#39;ve found that door undone ...

small shot

 * 1822, The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, page 407:
 * The pannel again rose, and taking down a gun loaded with drops, proceeded towards the door. The knocking had ceased by this time; and in the course of a minute a shot was fired from the door by the pannel.
 * 1922, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Catalog, page 20:
 * (Unmailable) 12-GAUGE Loaded With Drop Shot.