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The word 'dragged'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
draggedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83625
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 137.6 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 dragged in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
it, they had shackled me and dragged me fae me home. I turned, hop on page 21
the stairs they came and they dragged me by me ferfull parents. on page 23

3 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the stairs they came an they dragged me by me ferfull parents. on page 77

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
As that wid mean dragged straight tae Hell, on page 16

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ayin he wint for a shovel and dragged Bob the dog awa by the tail t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
“Well!” The harsh voice dragged Jessie back fae her contempla
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
t mate (still is to this day) dragged me oot tae Belgium oan ah lad (2022) twitter link

General Northern

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
he look on my face?) Onywye I dragged aa the bunting oot an atween
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
en in a wik! Yon wifie o'mine dragged me aroond a blooming carpet s(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
es sliddered aff its back and dragged the brute doon tae his ship. on page 33
n like demons. Hercules's men dragged them oot the stables but on t on page 36
hen tied a leash roon him and dragged the guaird dug o the netherwa on page 56

3 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
back intae the cell he'd been dragged ootae, the boy turnin his hei on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ly went a bit too far n a got dragged in wae another radio station (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t movin, but ah let masel get dragged this time cause ah wis quite on page 68
et, Kirsty moan see this; she dragged me in behind her an pointet d on page 98

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah wis dragged through the courts, heavily f on page 64

1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
and say Naw tae Brexit an get dragged (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
d-centred, like clover, which dragged on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
chink o spurs. Bit instead Ah dragged thon polly-bag o nuts along t
slime an slippery. Slugs had dragged themselves ower every leaf an
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ened the door, grabbed me and dragged me intae the lobby.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Yesterday, the Sorn troopers dragged auld Tammas Richard awa acros on page 44
well. John's fate wis sealed. Dragged doun tae Mauchlin, he wis tri on page 47
face abune his hous. They had dragged him back hame, whaur Bluidy C on page 61
avages, while three mair were dragged back tae the Cumnock tolbooth on page 62

4 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
afore ma een, as I'm dragged tae the grun, on page 106

1 matches

Roddie, J. Lallans 102 - Oedipus, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
He dragged his wasted feet alang on page 56

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
rabbed Klaus by the haund and dragged him aff tae wan side. on page 141

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
They dragged him throuch ma rooms screamin on page 32

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
bed his prisoner by the hair, dragged him back tae the farm whaur h

@ionafyfe tweeted
lasscot Her videos have legit dragged me oot ae dark holes and made(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
dy else luiks like thu've bin dragged thru a hedge backwards, but h(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
d hairs. Lucked like a modler dragged in aff the street.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
n the New Abbey road. The sun dragged on page 192

1 matches

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