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The word 'draped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drapedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91615
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 draped in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And when we were draped in wir covers, Bert started t on page 61

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ted his Irvine fleein jaicket draped ower his coffin. In the event
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
on the towel draped across his lounger on page 55

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
gate smile and a yellow scarf draped roond his neck like some Eton on page 52

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
The thurible chain which draped an choked an idol. on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ngs oer the back ay the couch draped oer me, an Tams seat's empty, on page 13

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
the flair wis a Moses basket, draped in pink frilly covers.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ngs oer the back ay the couch draped oer me an Tam’s seat’s em
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
i curiosity the cotton hingin draped owre the door-gap tae the on page 137

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Happy Birthday' buntin is draped across the Clydesider's chipp on page 3

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Nae Tae Be Taein, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
nae draped aroon oor kintraman's shudder on page 41

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e snipped aff her new claith, draped it roond her shooders, an gli
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
in oan his side sae ah'm like draped atop ay ihm. Now ah'm face ta
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The Village Clock draped sparkling white on page 38

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Draped in lace an' nylon, see hir sm on page 18

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
lt rock were twa sea monsters draped in slairgy seaweed. Jenny teu
1 matches

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