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Use in varieties of Scots

sweep Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 9.3 9 29.8 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3118 6 3 1 1 2
Number of authors25 14 5 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of sweep in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
he bigger pieces ay gless. Ah sweep the rest up wae a dustpan an on page 9

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
well, aff-haund, in the haill sweep o the desert. Still an on, we on page 77

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Allow me tae sweep ye aff ae yer feet and wheech on page 55
But he chose tae sweep her clean awa instead ae aff on page 72

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the shoap dain a supermarket sweep oan me. Grabbin anyhing she t on page 152

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
media their howpit-fer clean sweep o aw afore her bi the Prime M on page 7

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ort thae windaes, and how tae sweep the lum, cause they're the ki on page 31

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
An doon the sweep o centuries, Can ye list the on page 40

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
That sweep by? on page 98

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
k a brush up ma erse and I'll sweep the bluidy playgrund for them on page 37

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
it on the insides in an airty sweep o loop cursive letterin. It w
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
elbows, ah imagined they’d sweep ye alang back tae the Hare Kr
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Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
. Get ri brush an' shovel an' sweep rat flair afore yur mammy git
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e would like to let the broom sweep clean before you make such a
nit the watter wad burst oot, sweep awa the waas, an droon the ba
he sayed. His haun begoud tae sweep aroon the curve o her erm. Sh
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
aur the notion o an SNP clean sweep o ilka saet i Glesca, Dundee,
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he bigger pieces ay gless. Ah sweep the rest up wae a dustpan an
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
A CLEAN SWEEP on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
bargy. We aa took wir turn ti sweep the stairs, an wash oot the c on page 72

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
socht fur a full day aff. The sweep hid bin in an cleaned the lum
n up an doon in excitement. A sweep wi a tarry face set doon his
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Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
e. A then thocht a could jist sweep it a up and dump it a in the
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
his year. Well I've pit a bar sweep tigither we ma pal Bert that (2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Luk - dinna greet. Ah'll sweep hid up. on page 5

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Ither fock redd an sweep the floar. Eynar is biggan a on page 127
git is rotad on cleanan. Thay sweep an swabble an dight oot the H on page 140

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Shetland

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
whaur hit micht gadder an dan sweep hit oot da scuppers.
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
anither Pentecost, at ‘ull sweep athourt the face o
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e," said Maisie. . "Aa ye may sweep the fluir mair affen fur the on page 26

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Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Wi yin sweep o its tail
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