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Use in varieties of Scots

graft Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11 12.8 12.8 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3424 8 1 0 0 1
Number of authors17 10 5 1 1

Occurrences of graft in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
mbermaister Wiseman's ploy an graft echoes on page 67

1 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
omer hissel, had come for the graft doon the pit when the wee too on page 79

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
right through mah teeth. 'Ah graft like fuck.' on page 59

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Helpin mither wi the graft, on page 9
An whyles we graft, on page 10

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wey tae dae hings n that hard graft kin pey oaf someday. Ah mean on page 23
they encapsulated honest hard graft. And maire importantly, they on page 87
t place. Whether yae went tae graft oan the shipyairds or doon th on page 89
ver oot and wae a bit ae hard graft ah actually goat the place lo on page 119

4 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
be prepared fir a hard day's graft on page 23
on a hard day's graft, on page 38
er git meh haed doon, dae meh graft, on page 47
eh hands ir dirty through meh graft on page 49
eh've done meh graft it's time fir me ti relax on page 50
Also on pages 73
7 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an kennt aw aboot hard bluidy graft, wis sae tired he nearly miss on page 50
a house. Aw thae years o hard graft had made him a mountain o mus on page 60

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an ma waiy tae another day ay graft wae Joe on the buildin site u
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ns. No feart ay a bit ay hard graft, me. Good fur the soul, ye kn
r hands you say? Some “hard graft?” I have a position here; a
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
meetin Damo in here efter his graft. He’s workin oan a buildin
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Graft cane tae plundered pewter
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ncill wurker - a ken how tae graft lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae graft and debt, swingin in atween e on page 34

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
r Ic's seen it's share o hard graft on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
l their genetic engineers cud graft the embryos o humankind wi th
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
e belts and wheels and muckle graft, threshed barley fae the stra
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
sh fitba - oor game is aboot graft mair than craft and unless yo (2022) twitter link
sh fitba - oor game is aboot graft mair than craft and unless yo (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
materialise fae this graft an gutter, wid be none on page 7

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Graft throu on page 42

1 matches

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