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Use in varieties of Scots

heave Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 5.8 1.6 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1411 1 1 1 0 0
Number of authors10 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of heave in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
think ye kin gie this cat the heave-ho?" on page 84

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tae?' Dick bawls. 'I'll just heave it oan ma shooder. Stick it i on page 1

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
preach a sermon, heave a sigh, on page 93

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aid we wur aw gettin gied the heave-ho. It wis stupit because ah on page 169

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ime? The nixt again? Ane mair heave, comrades, and Labour wull re
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
teroids. Time tae gie her the heave-ho. She's no actually Scottis (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
time to give the snp the big heave ho (2021) twitter link
oh laughter that yous got the heave ho yesterday - have a guid n (2020) twitter link
efo no right efter the latest heave ho (2020) twitter link
ou dont comply - you get the heave ho - who are these people lo (2020) twitter link
u this morning announcing the heave ho fir wee olly gunner - lad (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rred his intiimers stiffen an heave. Jenny hid faan in wi the fla
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
The hen teuk wan almighty heave, an flew aaf wi a skrek. on page 97

1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@kat_cary He gies me the dry heave ??(2021) search twitter