A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

draars Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 0 36.2 129.2 0 0 0
Number of occurrences370 24 13 0 0 0
Number of authors8 5 3

Occurrences of draars in Corpus

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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
'vy oan yer Hairvist Festivil draars - Aall is Safely Gaithered i on page 28
. "Spik aboot fur coat an nae draars - " on page 59
te the biggest pair o wifie's draars at Beldie hid ivver seen. "Ah on page 73
e im stannin in here in paper draars an a pairty hat." on page 81

6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Jesus! Ma verra draars are stickin te ma." Morrice w on page 8
rin in fae the balcony in his draars fin he heard the scrape o Joy on page 17
hope ye've brocht a chynge o draars." on page 39
"Ah...Ah can step oota ma draars an leave them on the bedroom on page 51
e ~yer chest's faaen inte yer draars." on page 69
Also on pages 77, 94
7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
piggelty cupboords an shoogly draars. on page 20
an yalla Interlock semmit an draars. "They'r a fair age,"' he con on page 37
ttoned imsel up an drappit is draars. "Ah aye dee ess," he said, g on page 38
uckle in't: ma bed; a chest o draars; a shelf wi some o ma ain kni on page 48

5 matches

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
gussets inta the hame wyiven draars , Affa fine an warm anaith th

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 Clean draars needed(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Phrases Mine an make sure yer draars are clean. Seen as ye weer em(2019) search twitter
@DoricPhrases Funky smellin' draars if ye get em mixed up wi e' B(2019) search twitter
thin' better than getting new draars.(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
er, ye were still in yer lang draars! Baith in Buchan Claik. (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An seepid right trow tae his draars, so aam led tae believe. on page 80
l, strippid doon tae socks an draars, he scrubbid manfully. on page 81

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Picks up stinkan socks and draars, on page 23
Daavit's New Draars on page 46
"Certainly, sir! Brand new draars? We'll soon hiv you kitted oo on page 47
"Smelly draars, smelly draars - Peedie Stinky Broon! on page 68
s and pieces - time fur long draars, cosy fleeces, on page 75

10 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
beds an stairs, waardrobes an draars; on page 9

1 matches

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