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Use in varieties of Scots

drain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 8.7 10.6 49.7 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3217 7 5 0 0 3
Number of authors27 14 6 4 3

Occurrences of drain in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
"Tell ye wit, ah drain the last ae mah can, an crush on page 11

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
syver set doun the middle tae drain awa rain-watter an aidle; an on page 27

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
atin', an' thaur are fowk who drain the life oot o' ye, makin' ye on page

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hen each his glass did freely drain on page 113

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the chocolate dummy doon the drain ootside the Science departmen on page 99

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A cup meant for ye tae drain tae the lees, on page 11

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The watter poored intae a drain, as daurk as the tin box he u on page 76
ckle ratton that guairded the drain. on page 77

3 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
gutters via a thin slice in a drain. And if this sorti inconvenie
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
un o the auld. Thai sayed the drain seistem suid be rebiggit ti t
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The water swirls doon the drain
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
the thing. The language. For 'Drain the Swamp', read 'Wastemonste
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A drain ma gless doon in a wunner
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
daes yer consteetuent mean ae drain, gully or a sewer. I mean ae (2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
N us in the Union??? Jist tae drain their resources???? That's pl (2022) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
y. Blair hid seen aa the life drain awa fae him wi every visit an on page 75

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
n slooshed eit ower aside oor drain, fyle Dassin weis looken oot on page 37

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Nor drain the dubbie bree.
An drain’ a’ the bree fae his ain
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
blocked. I winner fa wid hae drain rods so I can
1 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ot o the shop laughing like a drain. Then ma mate Jordan did the
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
g whistling! New John West No Drain Ad 2019 Confidence 30'' https(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
aste - cheust money doon the drain. on page 39
Sheu laughs like a drain in a cloodburst ~ Sheu's a gr on page 53

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
slaetero's clayman oot o the drain on page 148

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ivery ditch an drain, the skerries an knowes, on page 59

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@peediepuss tweeted
@helenmoncrieff In a drain aside the road hints at roadk(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
ang moss wus tamet, bedad! An drain't bi han. on page 22

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tha drain? But tha thïngs that cum oot on page 9

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An' clear oot thon oul' drain; on page 16

1 matches

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