Dop vs Dow - What's the difference?
dop | dow |
(South Africa, slang). A drink.
(South Africa, slang) An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
(obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
(South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
(South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
* 2004 , Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game (page 170)
To dip.
(obsolete) To be worth.
(obsolete) To be of use, have value.
To have the strength for, to be able to.
To thrive, prosper.
In obsolete terms the difference between dop and dow
is that dop is a dip; a low courtesy while dow is to be of use, have value.As nouns the difference between dop and dow
is that dop is . A drink while dow is alternative form of lang=en.As verbs the difference between dop and dow
is that dop is to fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade while dow is to be worth.As a proper noun Dow is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Let's go to the bar for a dop .
- Give me a dop of brandy.
- (Ben Jonson)
Synonyms
* (cup in which diamond is cut) doopVerb
(dopp)- I dopped my exams.
- They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.
- (Walton)