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Use in varieties of Scots

drag Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.5 18.1 12.8 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4534 8 1 2 0 0
Number of authors30 22 5 1 2

Occurrences of drag in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Ye spend yer life fightin tae drag yersel up oot ay the gutter; on page 10

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
figure suhin oot,' ah say, an drag Dolly away. 'Leave it wi me, on page 22

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e wee nippy wans ir tryin tae drag me tae the ground. The plank on page 42
walk back doon a bit before A drag maself tae ma feet. There's s on page 43

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
tae drag the nummers oer on page 34

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oved. And hings are aboot tae drag oan even maire. Ah notice a l on page 104

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
, implies it wis necessar tae drag the indigenous fowk o Scotlan on page 98

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
then drag it backwards ti mak it mare on page 26
ti thi main drag. on page 61

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
k thinkin that he managed tae drag seevin o the survivors ontae on page 92
a female vyce fae the door. 'Drag the evil bitches oot o there. on page 98
s aboot the place then = then drag it thro the toun. An auld boa on page 126

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Gin ye drag yer faimily's guid name throu on page 113

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The drag-chain umbilicus clatterclanks on page 71

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ghbour Hazel is strugglin tae drag hur shoppin trolly along the on page 2
Ah sigh. 'Someone needs tae drag that man tae AA.' on page 13
id wis any kind o a man, he'd drag hur tae a doctor.' on page 62

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
a noose ti drag him ben - awa. on page 35

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a get by his auld pairty doun-drag: ettlin at fleitchin Scotland on page 110

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
e bi the garages sure enough, drag me screamin like a pounced-on
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
stair ravelin twa-haundit to drag hersel up to the bit green at
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
r wae a wee cairt on the main drag—a street nicknamed ‘East
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Wi ither loons tae hae a drag at Churchman's No.1.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
d snatch ye aff the beach and drag ye away tae the fierceness of
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
akkit Scots happen. We needna drag fowks tae the Lallans kitchen
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah drag masel up tae see in an he’s
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
afore that was when ah'd tae drag you tae Anne Marie's First Co
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ily laborious endeavour as ah drag it through the resistant grow
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
g from his fingers and took a drag.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ye spend yer life fightin tae drag yersel up oot ay the gutter;
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A drag ma erse oot of ma pit
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
? they've just told ye it's a drag show tae sell ye a ticket(2017) search twitter
rotten day, seemed tae drag on forever, glad tae be home!(2013) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
er.. :) 2 bags a day, that'll drag the build oot a wee bit.. I'l (2022) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Jist a drag o' sumbiddy's fag on page 96
ie Raleigh iviry time I hae a drag on page 160
She likes tae dress up in drag on page 189

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e's mony a time Ah've had tae drag masel awa fae that sort, bi t on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d yolked three shelts tae the drag pole an led them intae the pa
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
9 Tae get me oot they had tae drag me by the ankles and walk the (2022) twitter link

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
at then wricht the policy and drag yir bairns at scho (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
cadia's gravitaetional spin a drag on her meun-growen bonns - a on page 30

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
et ower da side an started ta drag it. In nae time ava da net wi on page 87

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s, an I mindit foo we used ta drag fish boxes (widden anes danad on page 54

1 matches

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