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Use in varieties of Scots

brim Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 5.3 4.8 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1610 3 1 2 0 0
Number of authors14 8 3 1 2

Occurrences of brim in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Ae day a Stag at a lochan's brim on page 11

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
jist a flask filled tae the brim wi tea, on page 39

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
that in its time was brim full and satisfied the man. on page 42

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r Wormwidd roared, haudin the brim o his bunnet tae stop onybody on page 27
t, first the tap and then the brim. Whaur the inside band had st on page 30

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A kettle fillt tae the brim wi Ayrshires on page 62

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Brim filled up by thaim o pairts. on page 101
Ower the brim and doon the vale. on page 129

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Rammin the cunt full tae the brim, he burns it again, gently li
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
heid is still filled tae the brim wae a sense ae baith fear and
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
chen. The sink is fou tae the brim wi dishes. Ah guddle aneath t on page 44

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
n though ye were full tae the brim on page 51

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
less o watter on the poopit's brim, the lintie poorin oot its sa on page 27

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A white wan wi a muckle brim and ribbans hingan doon on page 73

1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Her sail filt tae da brim wi a nor-wasterd,
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
r eruptin furt fae under hits brim lik watter sprootin oot o a b
1 matches

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