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Use in varieties of Scots

claw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 8.2 15.1 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2816 10 0 0 2 0
Number of authors18 11 5 2

Occurrences of claw in Corpus

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Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae claw ti maim, nae gait ti flake on page 91

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
its rapacious beak an taloned claw. on page 14
hair rivals aa micht fidge an claw, They smugly gloatit, on page 44

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
that deft, and quick o claw on page 45

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae claw tae maim, nae gait tae flake on page 53

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e slab merkit wi the bluid an claw marks o hunners o years. A ra on page 9

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Big claw marks - but where dae they g on page 14

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae claw ti maim, nae gait ti flake on page 91

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
a bleck iron bar wi a heuk an claw on the ae eyn an a sklentit f on page 97

2 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
m o JFK as Oswald’s billets claw
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
- an the rest ay us fight an claw oor waiy tae the table tae se
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
A weel-claw’d kaim tae gar our Marischa
Gin I maun claw their caup, their jutes maun
2 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
fun it acceptable, an lat him claw her heid.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ds wis willin the big man tae claw it back m8 - but fair doos t (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
n wi, Ah dinnae go aboot in a claw hammer jaicket an dickiebow. on page 40

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ere, Meg stoppit a meenit tae claw a daud o birsslit neep frae t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the scrattin as she tried tae claw her wye throwe the shutters.
aar her neebour hid tried tae claw her wye in. She thocht she’
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
yer mibbes right, a cloot tae claw at ma erse!(2016) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
eds tae gie oor hoosie a guid claw! https://t.co/PI0uKNyc6c(2016) search twitter
ckit lot, rubbing a perfectly claw aipple on yer clarty claes!(2018) search twitter
cht you the latest #bidet tae claw yer erse! #doric https://t.co(2018) search twitter
r pavements - cum on owners, claw up aifter yer pets. https://t(2018) search twitter
urland. Foo are they gyan tae claw the slides wi athoot slipping(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
bi no makkin mention, nor yit claw the backs o ithers - how no on page 5

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
d the jist pull them oot wi a claw hammer?#ouch(2013) search twitter

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