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The word 'thraws'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thrawsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11715
ORK - Orkney
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
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 thraws in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Juist thraws the mair the aich o thon, on page 9

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
verra seik, fur he wes in the thraws o pneumonie, tho he
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
, an in the first capernoitit thraws o luve, ah wis aw aboot prete
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
fu in yer mind, Tae thole the thraws an arraes o Contermacious wei
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
re Kamile kens that quhan she thraws unprotectit lassies at me ...
re Kamile kens that quhan she thraws unprotectit lassies at me ...
the inemy bodies, aa heids an thraws, in the main mine shaft. She
3 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
until yer richt in the thraws on page 31

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And winter thraws a licht frost coloured glance on page 48

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
reshed the air in their daith thraws; or quately souchd their last on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
uits, aa Scottish leiterature thraws up ensaumples and souchs o Ma on page 60

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
. The fack is that urban life thraws fowk thegither, an gies mair on page 9

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
o becomin; days at heids and thraws. on page 95

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ick search o SENAT in the RPS thraws up a wheen o examples o senat on page 18

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
the deid-thraws. She niver spak aboot onythin
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
s. Pine circles watter's edge thraws back thir ain swaps on winles on page 51

1 matches

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