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Use in varieties of Scots

drug Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 9.3 10.6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2618 7 1 0 0 0
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of drug in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eeds the hing his hard-earned drug money. Though yae cannae quit on page 35
nd cheats. Ah jist hoap she's drug tested efter the match. The m on page 119
t financial support fur local drug dealers. And at the end ae th on page 143
vast variety ae shoaplifters, drug dealers, and the clinically i on page 169

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
anybody in here's ever took a drug. Only him an Tommy Campbell a on page 128
tion sheets aboot a different drug. Oors wis amyl nitrate an it on page 129
If your cousin wis a big mad drug dealer that's awready pure ki on page 133
n yir-auld-outpatient fae the drug an alcohol abuse unit two bui on page 153

10 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
drug-lairds huckle intae jail on page 21
an interfaith drug-ring on page 51

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ters. The petty criminals and drug dealers who form the criminal
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
jmc1066 sure theres a miracle drug sum where brother lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rrifeed in their ain hames bi drug-fuelled gangs o halflins. She
n aff tae sleep, the pre-med. drug makkin him dwaumy, near ready
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. Seemingly there wiz a lot o drug takin aboot the toon noo a da
y sleepin aff their drink and drug filled souls.
an assassin gan aboot killin drug dealers and so far there’d
een the deed wiz they were aa drug dealers baith big and smaa. B
4 matches

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
essions, like lap dancing and drug dealing. Still, I canna say I
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
doon under the effect's o the drug sheu wid smother, wae hid tae on page 16

1 matches

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