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drawers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 15.9 16.6 0 0 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences4831 11 0 0 1 5
Number of authors28 19 6 1 2

Occurrences of drawers in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
he auld wuman's bed an kist o drawers, tho hed niver yet keeked ben on page 138

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Still goat yer shitty drawers?' on page 24
d chocolate oantae the scabby drawers. on page 26
kin his eyes oan the airborne drawers. As they tumble through the a on page 27
g. Ah've goat mah troosers an drawers roon mah ankles noo an ahm ab on page 61

7 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
in aboot n riflin through yir drawers lookin fur suhin or nuhin. Yi on page 8

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
nd aw until he sterted openin drawers and reengin inside the press. on page 221

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
oot folk gettin thir designer drawers whipped aff the line aw the t on page 169

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
eal auntie, like) tak aff her drawers on page 45
n eddies roond a scrap o silk drawers on page 53
Like Ptolemy's vest and drawers, on page 57

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
fae rakin through the stoury drawers on page 123

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
like an auld pair o drawers on page 53

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
oukin sypin sarks an draigled drawers. Stoarmed it bi rairin cannon on page 63

1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
ae. There wis a heicht kist o drawers at the end o the scullery wi
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
la sees A’m drookit tae the drawers and beyond scunnert humphin r
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ke, made-tae-measure units an drawers intae a gaff near you. Fuckin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Whit ye stripped doon tae yer drawers fur? Nae wonder they walkers
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Guid luck gettin in hur drawers.”
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Grumpy drawers will be here in a few minutes
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis the same ... he leukit in drawers ... juist kitchie stuff. He s
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Git aw the lassies in yir drawers
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rhoea capsules fae yin ae the drawers and wash thum doon wae a cup
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
aw rat shit. They cleaned the drawers, then pit the shitty contents(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
ve Vladimir Putin keechin his drawers... laughing. Wallace is a rav (2022) twitter link
e search he'll be keechin his drawers..... laughin. ?? https://t.co (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
basin, rollt up the leg o his drawers An steepit the sair een a fil on page 15

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e: Victorian double wardrobe, drawers, hand-carved bed-ends and was on page 71
an we've been huntin for some drawers es file. Oh ye'v a pair!" Dot on page 72
"The drawers are on the bed," said the wif on page 73

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
marks on my drawers.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in, a new feelin. Forbye, her drawers war damp an sticky, as if som
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
drawers fur years!
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
it since. We pooed oot aw the drawers. “Folk hide money in queer
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
haim fecht in nocht but their drawers and semmits on page 142

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
dert. "I think bak tae Frilly Drawers iverie time I hear it." on page 20
was tae be daen aboot Frilly Drawers. It was agreed thar Maisie's on page 21

3 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
pen to reveal a set o sliding drawers
The drawers sure they were full of bread
2 matches

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