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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1828, 1925
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PRAP, v.2 Gen. in reduplic. form prap-prap, to fall with a light sound, to plop, trickle.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xxi.:
With this, the tears prap-prapped down his cheeks.m.Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 26:
The camelias are full out under the trees; and the rain-drops were prap-prappin' on them.
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