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The word 'drains'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drainsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3107
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drains in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd then the beggar blocks wir drains And nips at aal wir bits and on page 75
might they sit and laugh like drains - they're aetan aal me money on page 81

2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
smell the chuckies, en the drains, "Nae damned smell here ata"
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Set oot the kerbs an drains,
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ escape? Usige Beatha fair drains the brag oot o’ ye as it pa
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
As my life, now, drains away,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Leakin’ roofs an’ chokit drains,
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I speak o the excitement that drains awa, on page 82

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e ye lik' thon Dracula gadgie drains blood on page

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
e, slatey bans That bak-waash drains. on page 26

1 matches

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