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Use in varieties of Scots

hugs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 8.2 6 9.9 5.8 31 0
Number of occurrences2516 4 1 1 3 0
Number of authors14 9 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of hugs in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ken the wans? They gie ye big hugs 'til ye feel yer semmit ride on page

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
all and giving them all huge hugs. But we didnae need their hel on page 42

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Maw gulps the sherry then hugs Sandra like they huvnae seen on page 5
Granny hugs me. It's a standin-up hug tha on page 35

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
n niver say 'I love you', but hugs me, awkward and fierce. Gies
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma mither wisnae free wi hugs
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ll the end of the night, then hugs all round at the end. Gie her(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
ing!......Is it "Chico time!" Hugs fae Scotland. X(2015) search twitter
it gets you mare notability! Hugs fae Scotland. Richt procrasti(2015) search twitter
departin the plane! Hee hee! Hugs fae Scot! X(2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
3 years. It wis guid tae get hugs an aa.(2020) search twitter
side in her favourite spot. ((hugs))(2020) search twitter
pened tae the IOF. MAHOOSSIVE HUGS ?? ?? ??(2020) search twitter
ter__ That sucks, Thuckster. *hugs* Guid on yer lad, mind. That'(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
t ye, depression isnae funny. Hugs ?? x (2021) twitter link
ame tae my elbba. Sending big hugs an hope the pain disnae keep (2022) twitter link

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@AiberdeenQuine Massive hugs n bosies Quine(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
t...sorry it's a no frae me...hugs (2022) twitter link
you and yours pal...mean it...hugs x (2022) twitter link
02 @PaulPaul31871 Ach jings...hugs anat... (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The bairns aar safe, o hugs mumsake on page 84

1 matches

Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
d lamb every year and gee wis hugs. Da walk tae Busta wid tak a
1 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
min wi plenty o eet. Love and hugs frae us all. xxx https://t.co(2020) search twitter
n Gala earlier, afore getting hugs and tablet frae Auntie Pat. C(2019) search twitter
ew Powerful stuff. Muckle big hugs, mate. ????(2019) search twitter