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The word 'shovels'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shovelsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shovels in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We set aff wi wir shovels tae re-load the puir man's ke on page 14
We lean apin wir shovels, boys, and watch the kerrs ga on page 64
So, we lean back on wir shovels, boys, and contemplate the ro on page 65

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a time it cam doon ta men wi shovels, an dat took a while. on page 14
n here is been leanin ipo dir shovels i da quarry hol oot da rodd, on page 73

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
an fore wi breems an shovels ... an fin they’d feenished
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
cleanin up time, fowk wi shovels an barras tryin tae clean up
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
pin ower the waas wi sacks an shovels tae gang awa wi the bodies. G
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her. Haha, she said, Your da shovels shite. Laura Kyle tolt her ta on page 97

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
same level as the anti-Irish 'Shovels'. We are aw a bunch o drucken on page 115

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
stated reaction every time he shovels another bit ae steak intae hi
1 matches

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