A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 9.6 16 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences3118 10 1 2 0 0
Number of authors21 11 8 1 2

Occurrences of tow in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
An ayweys ah kow-tow tae the rasp on page 70

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ae the daunce flair wi her in tow, an a kent richt awa that Ah' on page 27

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
went oot the back, Johnny in tow. on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ir James Turner. Wi Turner #1 tow, they mairched back again, ri on page 26
rd, John had gotten himsel in tow wi a stout band o airmed men on page 34
rhouse - an that they had in tow, fowerteen bound prisoners an on page 36
use, 'but we'll no waste guid tow when leid will dae it quicker on page 45

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wae bloody Pudsey the Bear in tow. Aw, what's his name again? L on page 15
sight ae three cauld beers in tow. No that either ae they two c on page 104
n wae her two young bairns in tow. on page 125
wae his entourage ae goons in tow. Craigy gave me a nervous loo on page 198

4 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Aboot the same time, I got in tow wi Finzean schuil in Aberdeen on page 87

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
swung bi a whoor he'd wis in tow wi, frae Clytemnestra's kensp on page 108

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
˜Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlin tow, Begins to jow an' croon’,
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Gin I maun caird the tow, the ou you’re spinnin;
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
termined tae mak Scotland cow tow tae his demands. It hud been

@Sinethugcat tweeted
iced - only 3 'activists' in tow, none of whom appear in fotos (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
A tow-heidit chiel - muckle-boukit on page 34

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
amo themsels, "Iss chiel's in tow wi the ill deein an sits doon on page 106

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A bittie tow upon his breeks wiz rappit ro on page 157

1 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
files on e phone, getting in tow wi folk at are workin tae pit on page 111

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ife. He wis cuttin the binder tow a'a richt bit, he wisnae
tow tae the first rod you pit doo
m. He didnae bother tyin on a tow, he jist shoved the rods
3 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
A traction rig they hid in tow, a new fairm ilka day
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tabs in pooch, beer tokens in tow!(2016) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
utility belt made oot o baler tow.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ou the quiet wracks haaden in tow, tae the haaf an deeper yet. on page 44

1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
t'tow aff a'aa da on page 17

1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
so we could shut an tow back oot da voe.
1 matches

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