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Use in varieties of Scots

trows Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 0 0 9.9 191.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences350 0 1 33 0 1
Number of authors5 1 3 1

Occurrences of trows in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
for dancean wae the trows. on page 14

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ratin da arrival o twa peerie trows. But dis time A’m blyde tae
d wi twins, a common trait in trows. Da bairns canna wait tae mee
oil pentin. She’s een o yon trows wi a third eye in her broo. H
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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rrafirt, is weel acquanted wi trows. She aften gengs furt tae mee
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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wis blyde dey wirna eftir ony trows tae fecht Napoleon.
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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
price o fuel is even budderin trows? An we dunna even buy ony! Bu
et da waft o a paet fire. Wis trows hiv used naethin idder. Da bu
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
haelswood is a fine place for trows as weel as humans?
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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
r vital subject is Tiefin. Aa trows need tae be able tae tief or
f or dey will fant. Da peerie trows learn hoo tae mylk a coo atho
dder-kin-dunk at playtime. An trows should caa hide-an-seek skutt
3 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ment. At voar yowes depend on trows. Wir kept trang helping da yo
ank. An tae tink fokk caa wis trows ill-trickit? Whit a cheek.
s dey played da sleekit Kunal Trows. Whit a hooro da crood held a
da gleer o sunlight keeps wis trows undergroond. But I did git oo
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Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
by da earthquake? Da Görwill trows ir da eens tae blame for whit
Hiv you heard o da trows o Görwill? Laekly no. Dir st
elt stories aboot da Görwill trows tae hurry dem hame.
heard onything o da Görwill trows. So I wisna lippenin dis invi
“Da Görwill trows wid laek tae bid da Truncherf
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Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
is wis unheard o by humans an trows in Shetland at da time.
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Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“But did he tak ony trows, Da?” axed Uggledlugs looki
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Noo, da Kunal breed o trows ir unusual. Dey ir weel kent
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Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
might aesy be tae blame. Yis, trows ir aboot aa da time, you joos
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
st conditions ever. There be #trows.(2013) search twitter
danight #Shetland #simmerdim #trows(2013) search twitter
ighland_andy watch oot for da trows!(2013) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
The trows are spirits native to Orkney (2019) search twitter
@MarjoleinR trows hiv been expandin dir music t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
Pits up wi aa, trows aa, lippens tae aa, tholes aa
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