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Use in varieties of Scots

drab Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2.1 1.5 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences74 1 1 0 0 1
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of drab in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the unco guid, the drab perjink. on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ive aye bin fechtin ower this drab on page 78

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
wather-peltit landscape isnae drab, on page 107

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
he wardrobe and saw this dull drab figure, skin aw peely-wally.
1 matches

Doric

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
drab as a Puir Clare nun. Further on page 18

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid howlds a pair o drab grey socks somebody's bowt fu on page 81

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hir ain drab trench coat wi hir shappin ba on page 19

1 matches

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