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Use in varieties of Scots

shovels Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2 3 29.8 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences114 2 3 2 0 0
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of shovels in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
same level as the anti-Irish 'Shovels'. We are aw a bunch o drucken on page 115

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her. Haha, she said, Your da shovels shite. Laura Kyle tolt her ta on page 97

1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
pin ower the waas wi sacks an shovels tae gang awa wi the bodies. G
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
stated reaction every time he shovels another bit ae steak intae hi
1 matches

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
cleanin up time, fowk wi shovels an barras tryin tae clean up
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
an fore wi breems an shovels ... an fin they’d feenished
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We set aff wi wir shovels tae re-load the puir man's ke on page 14
We lean apin wir shovels, boys, and watch the kerrs ga on page 64
So, we lean back on wir shovels, boys, and contemplate the ro on page 65

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a time it cam doon ta men wi shovels, an dat took a while. on page 14
n here is been leanin ipo dir shovels i da quarry hol oot da rodd, on page 73

2 matches

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