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Occurrences of dour in Corpus sorted by last letter of previous word

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Ulster - BUL dour gye fancies
Doric - DOR DOUR
Doric - DOR Dour, dull mornin, sin en peeps oo
Doric - DOR Dour folk in black built this lost
Central - SEC e left. A richt foosty place, dour looks fae the few that are th
Central - WCE he sweirt learners in Dundee, dour teenage boays wha gaed tae th
Doric - DOR pynted the shotgun at a wee, dour, steen-faced chiel. 'Wollasto
Doric - DOR But dowie, dour an dortie wes The glentin o t
Central - SEC bot fur the blate, dour Tammas an guid, fethfu Rosie
Central - SEC , dour, dour—obstinater than either pigs
Central - LAL in Bessie's hert war diamant, dour an bricht,
Central - LAL a God that wisna takin tent: dour bings, a pitmirk
Central - LAL a dour Up Hell Ya
Central - SWE p, includin in a poem here, a dour an gytie auld saint gettin ki
Central - LAL ring athort the warld arna aa dour fowk - thare's thaim that ha
Ulster - EUL Amang thaim aa dour Corbies blak, tae face tha pe
Central - LAL hunner and eicht men formed a dour circle roond the fit o the br
Central - SEC . Insteed, ah wis faced wae a dour faced auld hag who looked as
Central - LAL A bummer wails; in the fire a dour bit stick
Ulster - GUL wud shoot as wae went in tha dour...gaes tha bakin soda mammy..
Southern - SWE wi a dour 'd'ye think sae?'
Southern - SEA Ah must," th King said, wi a dour air, an, efter foldin heis ai
Central - LAL A bottle-blonde carline wi a dour, hard ee,
Southern - SEA Ah mak a dour effort an lean lourdlie on ma
Central - LAL when the teacher gied them a dour look. Sae Precious jist said,
Central - EDN it pits a bright look oan ma dour puss. It’s alweys gid spend
Central - GLA tae pull ma heid oot ma dour arse an ask aboot her wirk. I
Central - LAL urst o hoasts, annoonced in a dour vyce, "I hereby huckle ye in
Central - LAL mps on it,' Heehaw added in a dour voice.
Central - LAL ed by somethin,' he said in a dour whusper. 'Nae maitter. We'll
Central - SEC A pruived a cuif, nor makin a dour Deil o masell. Sen she's sae
Doric - DOR aid," the Queen heild on in a dour an hecklesome mainner, "'It's
Central - LAL day mornin,' said Rabbit in a dour voice, 'I gaed tae see Christ
Central - SEC Moira: Ma puir Jockie! Whatna dour weird he maun dree, wi no e'e
Central - SEC mirth wes aw awa. See whatna dour auld skunner A'm claucht til
Central - EDN hape an smaw an teuch, an o a dour an pace-fu naitur, an aw thur
Central - LAL” Guid Scots description o a dour scunner. Hives are bairnheid
Central - SEC ist the dab for brichtin up a dour dreich Edinburgh day an, as t
Central - LAL were on nettles when, ower a dour denner o biled chicken, biled
Central - WCE an the twa men perts in verra dour tid; no unexpeckitlie!
Doric - MNA Matty wis a dour loon, a scholar, nae as bonni
Ulster - PUL Tha pasts a dour oul whigmaleerie;
Central - EDN rou the 16t century gied us a dour national kirk that haedna muc
Central - LAL for aw that, he gied awbody a dour smile. "If thon's the wey o i
Central - LAL ‘oo’. Naebody would cry a dour Scotsman a ‘door’ Scotsma
Orkney - ORK He wis akward and dour
Central - SEC Fae dour auld men tae lovers daffin,
Southern - SEA made th hale pairty look sae dour an anxious.)
Central - AYR s puir Countess an bairns tae dour it oot at hame in Loudoun Cas
Central - SEC ti be dour an dowie it is mair deiffekwa
Southern - SEA The freist wul be dour an slippy ootby,
Doric - MNAFin ah see dour Kiosk Keith on Ah’m a Celebr
Central - SEC The dour banter delivered with unrecor
Doric - DORMighty aye! The dour Scottish laddie wins 2nd Wimb
Central - LAL (like life and breath, the dour dreich weather)
Central - LAL at we finn in this buik. The dour an trauchlesome life o the Gl
Central - SEC vision, France an the UK. The dour thrawn French an the sleekit
Central - LAL ts here, there, awegates: the dour derk o the toon
Central - LAL le o the "quadrangle" and the dour granite waas o the main schui
Central - LAL an siclike films set i the dour, grim Communist past. An it w
Central - WCE mo White caws us back til the dour thocht at we ir aw tholin a
Orkney - ORK nd Mrs Dursley woke up on the dour, dreich Tuesday wur story ste
Orkney - ORK o pouer. So Astrid plays the dour local, sayan notheen, turnan
Doric - SNO or wunner aboot, chiefly the dour yet whiles wyce Dr. Hamish Ro
Doric - SNO or wunner aboot, chiefly the dour yet whiles wyce Dr. Hamish Ro
Central - EDN Hormone happy, hormone dour,
Central - SEC nd then, oholoos! But they're dour, dour, dour—obstinater than
Southern - SEA ze that wafted efter thum, th dour words:
Southern - SEA Ir ye that sojer bund bi dour human laws, ti forleit wife a
Central - EDN esel be tane,” she addit wi dour emphasis.
Orkney - ORK ried him, he's aye been aafal dour.
Central - LAL shairly than the usual dour fare
Central - SEC 's a sensitive pairt' - 'Caum dour' - "Keep yer teeth ti yersel
Central - GLA ee Tam O’Henry so morose an dour. Wan ay life’s optimists, h
Ulster - EUL An papers lang an dour wus writ,
Doric - ABN Gin wither can be dour, than dour is fat ye wad ca the day o hi
Central - WCE Till Auchinleck grew grim an dour, This hud tae stoap!
Central - LAL , but at the same time needin dour darg, an dedication. The neis
Central - WCE ! This ‘Burns deil’ is in dour competeition wi anither, no j
Ulster - GUL@raiphsays Mine thon dour! https://t.co/tVAlSbIKQb
Central - LAL Or thon dour camp grund,
Central - LAL wi a million dour dawn trainin runs
Doric - DORano weel done wi thon Balloon dour thingy, bit yi couldnae lace
Central - LAL ced haiverin, nae stut, ne'er dour.
Central - EDN tae an abrupt end. The aulder dour pussed wuman springs fae her
Central - AYR . She wis a fechter. Frae her dour an determined faither she had
Doric - MNA n the wye o affection fur her dour, sarcastic brither.
Central - LAL he wha's crack wis never dour
Central - WCE ertheless, we irna takin thir dour wittins ithout a fecht. Monie
Central - SWE nor be thrawn nor dour.
Central - AYR Your dour Scots ee though fins it’s b
Central - WCE Your dour Scots ee though fins it's bri
Ulster - PUL An in tha whaup's dour cry
Central - AYR Else, Mayakovsky's dour-like intense gaze! -
Doric - MNA empire wis Miss McFarlan, as dour an nippit an soor's a limb o
Central - WCE Matilda said. 'Weans urnae as dour as big folk and they luve tae
Central - LAL It's as dour as a pibroch;
Central - EDN Hielands descreivin glens as dour, dreich an roch that Victoria
Central - LAL dinnles dour anthems amang the altocumulus
Central - LAL wis sharin the cantiness; his dour comrade regairdit thae ootbur
Central - SEC right, he tries tae make his dour face grin again. His mooth is
Central - LAL Aye there this dour souch rinnin aneath the canti
Central - SWE In this dour norlan kintra, lassie, ye’r
Central - EDN Raggle wis dour for the rest o that day. The
Central - LAL An the waw wis dour an deid-a thing tae claucht u
Central - SWE The Romans war less dour than maist fowk think but the
Doric - ABN e warld jist a wee bitty less dour. Nae anely that, but wildfloo
Central - LAL But faither, that dour, crabbit, blellum,
Central - LAL wis hyne awa ablow her, that dour and stany if ye were tae faw.
Doric - DOR in peasie whin Ye're no that dour nor in merble Ye're no that c
Doric - MNA folk maun think ye're a richt dour divvel. Ye've ayewis bin a bi
Central - SEC i his buiks, And turned a bit dour.
Central - SEC But dour an sulky Adam
Central - WCE ears o haurd wark an nae dout dour darg he haes putten intae edi
Central - LAL and the ref, aw dour and surly,
Central - SEC , he wes mair whit ye wad caw dour nor fearsome. Aye, the kids w
Central - EDN der’s reaction. Bit he grew dour as he thocht o the wee box he
Central - SWE An ma graith is gey dour,
Doric - ABN kirk service. It wis a pretty dour affair wi the meenister up in