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Use in varieties of Scots

dregs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 6 0 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1312 0 1 0 0 0
Number of authors11 10 1

Occurrences of dregs in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
back and forth in dribs and dregs on page 172

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
handit him the bottle wi the dregs in it. Then he gied Clair wan on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an aff it. Thir days nae sic dregs on page 33
Time's drunk the dregs o day awa. on page 44
the dregs fae every cup, fir here on page 72

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e, yit luikin roun he ees the dregs o Sigtrygg's host fleein tae on page 14

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ce doon the warm uncarbonated dregs at the boattom an we walk roo on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r a middle class wannabe. The dregs ae society." on page 135

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Jist mair o life's lang dregs like air in yer pipes on page 82

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Bleck dregs o sump an vat anynted him on page 37

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
that. The battles to win the dregs of the labour voters like I w(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@BBCEastScot the bbc are the dregs of society - corrupt from to (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the ring o thir oun crusts an dregs on page 72

1 matches

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