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Dorp vs Dop - What's the difference?

dorp | dop |

As nouns the difference between dorp and dop

is that dorp is a village or small town; a town considered provincial while dop is . A drink.

As a verb dop is

to fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade.

dorp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A village or small town; a town considered provincial.
  • *1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 186:
  • *:I took on a case in the little dorp of Villiers in the Orange Free State.

    • Anagrams

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    dop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa, slang). A drink.
    • Let's go to the bar for a dop .
  • (South Africa, slang) An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
    • Give me a dop of brandy.
  • (obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

    • Synonyms

    * (cup in which diamond is cut) doop

    Verb

    (dopp)
  • (South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
    • I dopped my exams.
  • (South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
  • * 2004 , Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game (page 170)
    • They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.
  • To dip.
    • (Walton)

    See also

    * dop kit

    Anagrams

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