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Use in varieties of Scots

dug's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.7 13.6 10.5 0 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3827 7 0 2 1 1
Number of authors20 14 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of dug's in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ur stickin up lik a dug's lugs!' on page 30

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ng's first," said the Cat, "a dug's no aff its heid. Is it?" on page 64

1 matches

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
fir ae baw - or ae wee dug's snout on page 171

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
arin the night are the fuckin dug's baws. Ah can see his arse wig on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
oot o puff, an till the puppy-dug's bark wis faur ahint her in th on page 41
e stert wi," said the Cat, "a dug's no mad. Ye'll allou that?" on page 44

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Chico the Poetry Dug's lost an ee on page 70

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
es a jotter that looks like a dug's dinner oot his bag and avoids on page 7

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
he craft is there, in the wee dug's hair, on page 104

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r, ya bampot! It looks like a dug's bahookie! Ye look like a nump on page 56
'Ah dinnae gie a dug's bahoukie whit yer mammy think on page 108

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
a wee snirkit-up mooth like a dug's bahookie. on page 2
R DUGS. KEEP WEEL AWA FAE THE DUG'S DENNER, it said, BECAUSE THIS on page 23

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
es a jotter that looks like a dug's dinner oot his bag and avoids on page 7
me a story that looks like a dug's dinner. It takes me aw o five on page 50

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
it his haunds aff like it wis dug's dirt he'd been haundlin raith on page 49
chiel had said aboot makkin a dug's denner o her face, and she on page 50

3 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Jist by giein them dug's abuse. on page 3
Tae stap this dug's abuse on page 27

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Christ! That wee dug's erse wes magic!" Ernie said, on page 65

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
age. It stood richt up on its dug's legs towerin abinn Hercules w on page 11
airmoured jaiket against the dug's sherp deidly wallies. on page 51

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
and 'Suenos' – this is the dug's baws. Learning a new language
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
aroon an reckless skelps the dug's bahookie* is ower I maun get (2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ie waatched in disgust es the dug's nose wis replaced bi Tina's s on page 56
"Yer dug's diggin up the girse again!" A on page 62
lach fin wir een met ower the dug's heid an he said, "Div ye thin on page 64

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rt?" Vi sighed an clappit the dug's heid. "Wi've bin in Huntly ne on page 25
"Ah hope yer dug's nae here, is he?" speert Elsp on page 27
te say the dug's overwecht. He's te loase a st on page 71

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
nest rowies, pokin oot a deid dug's een. A Fitty fishwifie, on page 144

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
lery, cushion covers, even da dug's collar, dey aa hedd elephants on page 53

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
nt wi da sole purpose o firin dug's abuse at fokk. Kin you imagin(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ae stert wi," said th Cat, "a dug's no mad. Ee grant that?" on page 63

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The puir dug's terrified o the noise an on page 56

1 matches

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