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The word 'drappie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drappieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61816
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drappie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
if he'd tatties tae bile An a drappie for makkin his tay on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ill te please. Wid ye like a drappie wine te waash it doon? Ah've on page 28

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
or meal. Jock Dow telt them a drappie warm ale wi sweet spirits o n
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
m aa. Fegs, they'd even tak a drappie meths gin aathin else wis dae
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
’d be oot again tae play ‘drappie’ wi wir cigarette cairds, o
1 matches

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
A drappie milk an a gweed steer roon ta on page 20

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
t haudin wide o hooers an the drappie A hae at lang lenth qualifeed on page 3

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
nk on me. I've a noshun for a drappie o thon douce, reed Sacrament on page 83

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
jist gumsh't awaa, an drank a drappie mair tea. on page 96

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
72 muddy waaata's Ye cry? Wee drappie chumpers and tabby. Fit rare.(2016)
@pressjournal wee drappie sna' in abidy loses their sha(2016)

@cligeey tweeted
@LeftPeggers Drappie bleach n he will be watchin t(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
e drums, I cuid fair MURDER a drappie tea!" Sinsyne, Cherlie Clancy on page 26

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tink inside, coat aff, a wee drappie soup tae warum her up. Miss M
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
stove and ma lamp, and a wee drappie milk and tea and breid and ma on page 197

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
is heid, 'that wis the finest drappie A've ivver had ower ma thrapp on page 31

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
n o youth he micht a craved a drappie on page 55

1 matches

General Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
a wee drappie beef stock (if ye've nae time on page 68

1 matches

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