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Use in varieties of Scots

scraps Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 8.6 6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2217 4 1 0 0 0
Number of authors21 16 4 1

Occurrences of scraps in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The fox cam by an' ate the scraps. on page 32

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
as she scuips scraps on page 61

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ur aa I ken, an nae sang, twa scraps o heiven, on page 40

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
an fed on scraps thegither. on page 20

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
baith her pooches, an brocht scraps hame in thaim for ti eat. on page 42

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
oin drappins were scraped oan scraps o paper. on page 112

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Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
The nicht claims scraps ae daylicht as its ain on page 10

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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
emed like there wis gointy be scraps n we hivny even walked oot th
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Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
feedin oan scraps huntin fur crumbs bit listen
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae see who gets the biggest scraps left oer fae their banquet. I
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
at whin A sat a plate a fatty scraps doon in front 'e 'um. 'E wisn
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, appairently, bit some cauld scraps wis fund for thaim.
he fuit o the brae an ett the scraps he had pit bye for breakfast,
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Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
scraps o birsilt heather, and the ro
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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
His amene scraps o thocht danced in the air:
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@raiphsays tweeted
ass @PlanetBGlasgow Wahaha!!! Scraps furra win!(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oney16 @NicolaSturgeon if she scraps council tax - even a staunch (2021) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Impty shortbreed boxes wi' scraps an' cuttin's
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
m tae bide in, we use tae hae scraps ana fa wis haen fit Barbie. M
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@72redz1903 tweeted
st play longer, fight for the scraps and hit on the break - (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ls flapping about the bar fer scraps probably gee it a miss en a’(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dolls klaze meed fae scraps an odds and ends on page 47

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