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Use in varieties of Scots

drains Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 2.7 1.6 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences95 1 2 0 0 1
Number of authors6 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of drains in Corpus

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Central

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I speak o the excitement that drains awa, on page 82

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Set oot the kerbs an drains,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ escape? Usige Beatha fair drains the brag oot o’ ye as it pa
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
As my life, now, drains away,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Leakin’ roofs an’ chokit drains,
1 matches

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
smell the chuckies, en the drains, "Nae damned smell here ata"
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd then the beggar blocks wir drains And nips at aal wir bits and on page 75
might they sit and laugh like drains - they're aetan aal me money on page 81

2 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
e, slatey bans That bak-waash drains. on page 26

1 matches

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