shovel | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 7.8 | 4.1 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 25 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
look dead wee in his massive shovel hawns, He's a right big basta on page 172
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the blade o a shovel wi one haun! Nou Dod wis a fa on page 58
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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ae as they howk and delve and shovel till the whistle blaws and th on page 136
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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Wi a shovel in wan haun and a pick in the on page 23
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Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
rat ri noo. Get ri brush an' shovel an' sweep rat flair afore yur
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
golden beach playin catch. Ah shovel him up in ma airms and take h
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Look oot my shovel ere's sna tae cast.
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the moo o the blaik stove tae shovel in a sup coal. The fire hoast
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
oot wie ma metal detector and shovel and wyde through the boggy gr
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ails an placed them ontae the shovel at the side o the fire. On th
he strike o twal she laid the shovel and the nails ontae the coals
y this time the nails and the shovel were glowin bricht reed syne
be for a fylie, then teen the shovel fae aff the heat and put it o
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pipes. So sayin he wint for a shovel and dragged Bob the dog awa b
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
swatter, fashioned fae a snaa shovel.
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