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The word 'scrapin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scrapinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22418
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 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scrapin in Corpus

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Orkney

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Scrapin at the walls, yin reek at six
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e sighed as she waatched Alec scrapin his salad inte Hairy's dish. on page 71
," he said, forcin a smile an scrapin back his cheer against the fl on page 90

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
craackers garnished wi a wee scrapin o reed stuff. on page 30

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ack at her darg in the hoose, scrapin carrots an neeps fur the muck
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
stuck there aa day, booin and scrapin tae aa the wifies in the vill on page 124

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
an tackety buits. There wis a scrapin o fite stibble ower his chin. on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
le as weel. As Jonsar Eck sat scrapin the bowl that hid
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ls; ‘There wiz this hideous scrapin noise, followed by a sort o g
1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
e front o the cless, his taes scrapin ahint him on the lino. on page 88

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
l flourish. But efter aw that scrapin and clawin, the fingernail ae
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Scrapin yer siller-secks thegithir ye on page 106

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in his lugs he couid hear the scrapin o its claws in the ice gettin on page 39

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
d startit greetin, he stoppit scrapin the flesh fae a chookie's bre on page 9

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
We goat the, Paint Scrapin' - Maskin' Tapin' -
Wa’ scrapin', paper hangin',
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a kiss,” he wis sayin, aye scrapin her cheek. “No lattin ye ga
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
aa aboot the lines he’d bin scrapin intae the grass efter each ni
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
left leg aff the wheelbarra, scrapin against the rough-cast tryin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ck oan tae the sound ay metal scrapin alang the flair, drawin ma ey
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
in the actual coal bunker an scrapin cauld tatties ontae the coal. on page 23

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ah watcht him scrapin awa the hair on page 101

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
Sae Ah''ll be scrapin', washin', paperin, on page 46

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
triddlet wi pains an hirplin, scrapin shunners fae tha ingle. Times
1 matches

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