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Use in varieties of Scots

shove Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 11.3 16.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3422 11 0 0 0 1
Number of authors26 16 9 1

Occurrences of shove in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Ah mean, ye did shove his face intae yer cleavage d on page 20

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
at last, an juist managed tae shove in, an swallie, a wee crum o on page 44

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
I'll shove ye doon ontae the flair and y on page 34

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
onnily.' Hortensia paused tae shove mair crisps intae her mooth. on page 101
He gied the door a shove and, tae his surprise, fund i on page 221

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nds like a growl. Ah push and shove ma way through the mourners, on page 116

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
"Shove ower, an let in yer Mum." on page 13
O Ye Canny shove yir Granny on page 48
shove her aff? on page 49

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Hech, shove me aff a bus! on page 64

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s doon Meg's face, ettlin tae shove the dug shite intae her mooth on page 67

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
shoves me aff, but she disnae shove him aff ... I seen ye! I seen
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ye kin be when push comes tae shove.’ he sais, ‘Right, Ye kno
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Noo push hus come tae shove, ah feel like ah’m stronger
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Naw ye cannae shove yer Granny aff a bus.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
manc ?? fav part of the year. Shove an auld big jacket on, and wa(2020) search twitter
can’t visit my auld parents. Shove my dungarees on and my trades(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
y could aw sing.....Ye Cannae Shove Yir Granny Aff a Bus!!! The a (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
els, that when push comes tae shove we're just dilettantes, that (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
o If I wis in a strop I'd say shove em in barracks.... 24 tae a r (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
name willy wonka son - awa n shove a haggis up eer erse - n a h (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e in a baggie tak it An dinna shove it up yer jacket on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e o a door. He gied the lad a shove as he squeezed by him, blinki on page 12

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
r. Roch Meg gaed the settee a shove. It landed on tap
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e atween them if push cam tae shove,
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
as aye wis in a flap tryin to shove him oot i door in time for sc
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Oh, ye canna shove yer granny aff a bus. Unless
gien ma a curn o reasons tae shove her aff a double decker at hi
2 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
you, she his yin, an we’ll shove aff.”
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sited my office to tell me to shove my therapy up my arse! So I s
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
ks says the anes in reed jist shove abdy aboot, they're so aggres(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Push an shove wi ale yer might, on page 30

1 matches

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