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The word 'draas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
draasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21411
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of draas in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Jack Frost draas flooers on window panes - an on page 75

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
m abeun the Hoose, an so sheu draas the bonnie visietor sleepan. on page 93
s an pits aside the sketch an draas fae memory the islans _ othe on page 94
evan space tae leuk at space, draas oot a bit o wittans, here an on page 119
in Øyvind's lug. The Naemer draas a ring on the bairn's broo, h on page 128

4 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an it nivir draas attention tae itsel. on page 165

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
A'da nyght'at tentilie draas hitsel in. on page 18

1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
draas oot a life
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Hunter creeps in an draas up his legs. Ald Jeems shivs
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
At es pynt, Fergie draas eyven closser; an his vyce aa on page 90

1 matches

General Northern

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
And he draas his engine tae the side tae m
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
He draas his lines wi a weet finger, on page 26

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour: Your husband draas near the gates o deith. on page 35

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Pits graip doon, draas close. on page 30

1 matches

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