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Use in varieties of Scots

tractors Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 4.8 6.4 29.8 5.8 10.9 0
Number of occurrences189 4 3 1 1 0
Number of authors11 4 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of tractors in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
The Scunnersome Tractors on page 20
twa muckle great caterpillar tractors wi mechanical shools on their on page 22
ould see the twa muckle bleck tractors jist aboot on tap o them. on page 23
ed and stechie fae drivin the tractors the haill day. They were ster on page 29
e strang heidlichts o the twa tractors and sheened them on tae the h on page 32

6 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
roads, wi their ferm clart an tractors blockin yer run, it micht wee
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
We haed tae stey awa fae the tractors sin oor auntie thocht them un
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Armadas out of Pound Shoap tractors
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Factors. Tractors. Broth frae Baxters. on page 144

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
is a salesman sellin bits for tractors or sic like,
a gweed tape, wi a lot o auld tractors an implements an sic like. Fi
een the roads were blocked be tractors gaun at a slow speed.
3 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
tae keep fock fae runnan thir tractors ower the tap whin the fields on page 20

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ion fur engineering, and meed tractors afore he sterted makkan sport
1 matches

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
tractors steert by Sat Nav,
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
erly, no laek dis graet heavy tractors dey hae noo, at canna gying o on page 8

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Fordson tractors, monie, monie yeir sin, an st
1 matches

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