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The word 'dreep'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dreepOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12616
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
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 dreep in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
hie cherr an watched the milk dreep oantie the flair. He wis shak on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
f is dubby sheen an dichtin a dreep o rainwatter fae the eyn 0' I on page 46
faaled in prayer; a quiverin dreep hingin fae the eyn o'is marle on page 76

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h thocht he wis a richt borin dreep, an yon skinnymalink o a miss on page 25
ch, an Gerald, weel, he wis a dreep - a bore wi'oot a backbeen o on page 31

2 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
fit's his first name?" Walter Dreep said.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ks o the crook an a permanent dreep at the pynt o his snoot, bit
er snoot cairriet a permament dreep an her lugs war like twa pink
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the Snawman dichtit a muckle dreep frae the en o his neb, an sne
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
in the efterneen, athing dis dreep.
aps fer flat ey div begin tae dreep.
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ountry side noo dis begin tae dreep,
owly, slowly, countryside dis dreep,
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ed on thaim, an the bluid wis dreep, dreepin oot on the causey-st on page 75

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
™s like Janice brings oot the dreep-doun menu control in Stuart,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
sh. But juist as the constant dreep dreep dreep o water weirs awa
dreep dreep o water weirs awa the
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
we'll caa him a glaikit big dreep; whiles yin wha's a bit smair on page 118

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
onnart chiel, whan drunk, may dreep on page 78

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
s - ice, fire, or warse: the dreep, on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
nd if wan wee laddie couldnae dreep at aw on page 15

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
trysts wi the ABSOLUTE dreep o concentration on page 95

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
it she likit thon lang skinny dreep Meg on page 65

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The dreep hauds in, the dam owercowps. on page 82

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
passage atween the hooses tae dreep the dyke at the end intae the
1 matches

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