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Use in varieties of Scots

shovel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 4.3 25.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences258 16 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 7 6 1

Occurrences of shovel 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
teeth. Padraig grabs fur the shovel in the bunker. Tom burls roon on page 1

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
look dead wee in his massive shovel hawns, He's a right big basta on page 172

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the blade o a shovel wi one haun! Nou Dod wis a fa on page 58

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ae as they howk and delve and shovel till the whistle blaws and th on page 136

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Wi a shovel in wan haun and a pick in the on page 23

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
rat ri noo. Get ri brush an' shovel an' sweep rat flair afore yur
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
golden beach playin catch. Ah shovel him up in ma airms and take h
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sit. "Fin Ah teen a len o his shovel." on page 82
in a spin as he leent on the shovel, feelin affrontit, sirprisinl on page 83

7 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Look oot my shovel ere's sna tae cast.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the moo o the blaik stove tae shovel in a sup coal. The fire hoast
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
oot wie ma metal detector and shovel and wyde through the boggy gr
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ails an placed them ontae the shovel at the side o the fire. On th
he strike o twal she laid the shovel and the nails ontae the coals
y this time the nails and the shovel were glowin bricht reed syne
be for a fylie, then teen the shovel fae aff the heat and put it o
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pipes. So sayin he wint for a shovel and dragged Bob the dog awa b
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
swatter, fashioned fae a snaa shovel.
1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Or hit them wae a shovel, on page 14

1 matches

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