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Use in varieties of Scots

snatched Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 1.5 9.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences94 1 1 0 1 2
Number of authors6 2 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of snatched in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he ouija board ah seen it. He snatched the bit ae paper aff the tabl on page 106
t. Ah mean it, ah said, ah ah snatched the fag right oot her haun. S on page 169

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
in Gary's Gameboy - and he'd snatched that back after five minutes. on page 31
who's still livin. She's been snatched fae the jaws o death. on page 87

2 matches

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
He snatched up baith files and put them i
1 matches

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
n the story o the Unst bairn, snatched by a Eagle there while the fo(2020) search twitter

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
in case ye're snatched awa. on page 161

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
. Ah reached oot ma han an ah snatched Jenny’s han in ma ain. Ah l
tharna reached oot its han an snatched the een frae al the craws an
2 matches

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