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Use in varieties of Scots

strainin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.6 4.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences95 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of strainin 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
Strainin doon tae embrace stanes that on page 13

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ukin lik a peelie-wallie tree strainin awards the sunlicht. Nae dout on page 8

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ietor's twa sons, dredgin and strainin oot burnt bits. The tap'll se on page 72

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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Oor media an politicians are strainin at the leash tae stoke the fi
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
em. The pink petals openin an strainin tae reach the sin steered som
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hed Beldie, er muckle breests strainin against a Fair-Isle cardigan. on page 69

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
strainin ma een tae catch a glimpse on page 52

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
alang the deck wi Birly Wheel strainin inno the
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Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
cked in aal! Due to ma mental strainin! Tragically sad, eh? a just p(2020) search twitter