A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of paw in Corpus

Central

Cameron, Peter Lallans 83 - The Twice-fed Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ye micht get a scart frae his paw. on page 82

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oot fur him tae grab. His eld paw comes up wae trepidation. He on page 15
n shakes it hard wae his big paw. The two groups merge. Every on page 22

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
ut the Lion jist held oot his paw on page 6

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
n, an waikly streitchin oot a paw tae try an touch her. "Puir w on page 39
t said, wi a wave o its richt paw, "bides a Hatter: an ower tha on page 44

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ht as well pit a ring oan his paw. Wae any luck he'll be somebo on page 153
is in hospital. He sticks his paw oot fur me tae shake when ah on page 176

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
She's fawin wi her maw and paw on page 132

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
r wirk ma wey up like ma auld paw on page 99
It made the toun and kilt yer paw, on page 103

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ae.' Brock sat doon and pit a paw roond his wee laddie. 'It's a on page 447
elp, noo that he wis lendin a paw. Soon they were hunkerin in a on page 50

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
paw-marked ower the flair on page 46

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Aw, wait! Whit are thae paw prints in the snow? on page 29
The paw prints went right tae the hoo on page 30

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a sudden the sickening reason Paw wis changing. I'd been the mu on page 91

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
finnd that he canna turn his paw til honest wark! Anither yair
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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
an aw), and Bill doublt up as Paw and Grandpaw (he hud the audi
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
the right place. Then I see a paw, stickin oot fae under the mu
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘Paw-phone,’ Doug explained. ‘
videos an dictatin intae his paw-phone.
en appeared on Doug’s richt paw. He shawed it tae Kat. ‘Sax
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is Oor Wullie alang wi Maw an Paw Broon that gied maist o us oo
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
msel tae catch it or at least paw it awa fae the railing. Decla
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
d could come and perch on her paw; but the sparraes keepit weel
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DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
he wouf smile't an liftit his paw. The baw ris.
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Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Like ma maw and ma paw and ma grannie.
And his maw’s paw’s gran and her grannie’s
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
msel tae catch it or at least paw it awa fae the railin. Declan
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
a pleisure! .... Yer Maw and Paw.(2016) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
a 5! Ye cin see wee Steve’s paw cos he aw helps.. :D https://(2020) search twitter

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, an feebly stretchan oot wan paw, tryan till touch her. "Poor on page 38
" e Cat sade, wavan ids richt paw roond, "lives a Hatter: an in on page 61

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hat wid tak moulds o cat-like paw prints fae the pathways roond
n sign-language, verified the paw marks but regrettit he hadnae
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ntae her bosie and put ae big paw ontae her cheek as if sayin �
and did the same thing wi his paw finiver she graat at that fil
looked here wiz Catty and its paw touchin her cheek like he use
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e the sweetie jar, powkit her paw in, an tuik a neivefu o
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, an feebly stretchin oot yin paw, tryin tae touch hur. "Pair w on page 39
h Cat said, wavin eet's richt paw roond, "lives a Hatter: an in on page 63

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