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The word 'drawer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drawerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus40.513525
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 223.7 2 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 231.6 95 6
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.7 6 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 21 16 7
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drawer in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
There's a drawer below that's handy on page 44

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
No even a drawer, let alone cradle. No a rag o on page 21

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@mckinlay_liz Aye a candle drawer(2021)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tins. The tawse cam oot o its drawer, an the teacher wheeched it t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
coffee and opened the cutlery drawer in the table and teen oot her
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
and this #Doric napkin in oor drawer whilst haen a clear oot, ah t(2018)

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ist pittin ma haund intae the drawer fan a heard a gie commotion g
and took ma pluffer oot o the drawer. He held it up in front o ma
2 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s an a bit lint oot the table drawer.' on page 36
gy pal, 'luik in thon dresser drawer an gie's oot the wee broon bo on page 36

2 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
in he caws thro the vegetable drawer he foond fower o thae craturs on page 78

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Jist opened the drawer.' Kent by the wey he said it, on page 1

2 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
o chisels plankit in his desk drawer, ready tae hurl at fowk he di on page 87

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ed,” ah said. “ This is a drawer fir yer claes. Dinna touch ma
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
This boay wanders oaff tae a drawer and brings oot a thick roll a
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
0sfootball @DarrenTucker1 top drawer - need a say more (2020) twitter link
@90sfootball top drawer lol (2020) twitter link
@AfcSandys top drawer guys - tae darren n awbuddy (2020) twitter link
@ajmc1066 top drawer m8 - is it no aboot time ee (2020) twitter link
ents 2 night - city were top drawer - neymar n mbappe offered no (2021) twitter link
and 82 other occurrences.

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r a quick rummle, ah fund the drawer whaur she kept aw her gym kni on page 100
e every perra knickers in the drawer and folded them aw up again b on page 101
riever, thon sneck-drawer, thon scaffer, staundin ower on page 115
the livin-room and opened the drawer in the sideboard whaur she ke on page 204

4 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
pboards, ma wardrobe, ma sock drawer. Ah've pairtit, wi much reluc
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A wint intae ri bureau drawer an' brung oot a pen an' writi
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
akes a slow strut oor tae the drawer nixt tae the sink. Where he p
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
s bill ah find in the dresser drawer. on page 10

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eboard. He goes intae another drawer an pulls oot a wad ay dough,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ghters an some kindlin in the drawer ay a sideboard next tae the w
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ike his patter’s fuckin tap drawer.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hat Stevie McShane, sure. Tap drawer, so it is.’ he sais, puttin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s bill ah find in the dresser drawer.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Like twa spoons in a drawer - that wis us. That auld bed
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
wis happenin. He heard a kist-drawer unlock. "Maun be the tap yin. on page 138

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
An syne I pit this paper in a drawer an steck it wi a key.' on page 49

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
il touched the dominie's desk drawer but then drew back as if chyn on page 39
prepared earlier fae his desk drawer an placed wan face doon on ea on page 41

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
at the same second, a tottie drawer (nae bigger than the drawer i on page 105
ud o chawin-gum oot o the wee drawer and papped it intae her mooth on page 108

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ang widden spoon in a kitchen drawer and sterted tae gie it a guid on page 32

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
idd neck. It's an aw-time tap-drawer total scunneration." on page 149

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
iked tae tak the buik oot the drawer for a wee read efter he had c
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
infectit kitchen. Ah opened a drawer an immediately saw rat shit. (2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
maist nimble an quick Tierin Drawer-in they iver did see. Too mon on page 25
nummer seventeen. In the yin drawer was hir faither's fluit an hi on page 30

2 matches

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