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Use in varieties of Scots

lorry Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.2 3 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1512 2 0 1 0 0
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of lorry in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
comeuppance yin day. Unner a lorry, nae doot. on page 1

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
telt him I drove a builder's lorry in Civvy Street. He telt me h on page 136

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
In the back o a lorry; I've no been nabbed at the b on page 20

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
back o a Frazer-Hailles coal lorry, whit wis uised fir flittins
n ower the twa fit hie widden lorry cheek, hes een blintered in t
The driver tirnt the lorry aff the main road an heidit d
b windae. Wullie sclimmed the lorry side, louped tae the grund, w
4 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
k tyne their lifes whan a bin lorry lost control. Hooanever, resi
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
dae ye no need tae hae a big lorry anaw?(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
tae read @rabwilson1 's poem 'Lorry Load o Christmas trees': http (2017) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
at dover - ma monies oan the lorry drivers - get in there lads! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
Their lorry teen alang the road, they wer
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
blustery th day. Jist passed lorry on it's side. Hope drivers ar(2011) search twitter

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Owertook a flatbed lorry on da road and lashed securel (2019) twitter link