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Use in varieties of Scots

scrub Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.1 4.5 19.9 0 0 17.7
Number of occurrences1910 3 2 0 0 4
Number of authors17 8 3 2 4

Occurrences of scrub in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
they walked hame through the scrub on page 25

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
e tell ye gie nae resistance, scrub up weel on page 77

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
is tae waash doon wa's or tae scrub pots an' pans fur the cook. on page 29

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
He scrubbed till he could scrub nae mair on page 19

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
straight intae the shower. Ah scrub ma boady wae hoat water and s on page 147

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
sh yer coupon, kaim yer hair, scrub yer hauns, prush yer wallies, on page 61

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
a corrugated washin board tae scrub on. There wis nae, na nae, Pe
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
d diagonally across the hill. Scrub an’ bracken gave me cover b
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ce ae the wee man cannae even scrub oaff the symptoms ae bowel ca
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@rattlecans tweeted
Ye need tae scrub yersel in the shower fur hoor (2022) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
aff an heed fur thi beech tae scrub her bottem an get sum peece. on page 28

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ined fin Ah like - an Ah div scrub up weel." on page 28

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
thwards lay the mixter-maxter scrub o the Fittach breemy wids, lo
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I dae the washeen, scrub the floor, pit Jim's meals on on page 26

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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
tae buildings or in patches o scrub, or on the salty shore – it
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hir freen had bin trained tae scrub frae the time she cud crawl, on page 48

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Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
spit oan it an nain to gently scrub aff tha mess.
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Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
But scrub them weel, richt tae tha tips
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@OrangRuth tweeted
ADFLEG Wash yer mouth out and scrub your hands after typin thon p(2017) search twitter

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