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Use in varieties of Scots

dole Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 8 3.2 0 0 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences2015 2 0 0 1 2
Number of authors9 6 1 1 2

Occurrences of dole 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.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
survive another week oan the dole." on page 20
straight tae the back ae the dole on page 86
ings fur sure likes. When the dole contact yae it's touch yur ta on page 118
. This boay struts in tae the dole tae meet his very ain agent a on page 120
She takes ma dole book fae me and directs me ta on page 122
Also on pages 124, 165
7 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
enefits, like seek pey an the dole that, fer a whilie, were, if on page 95

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fae thi dole, gee it sum hert an soul. on page 37

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hink o thae men flung oan the Dole, on page 68
nt mair keepin miners oan the dole, on page 73
eler juist waantit us oan the dole, on page 83
ill forms in fir boys oan the dole, on page 84

4 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
hauf considerin gaun doon the dole an gettin a joab an ma ain in on page 46

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ake oot that says: Home Rule? Dole Rule? an ah reflect fleetingl
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
's landit there's neen o this dole He's a fine steady jobbie sho on page 15

2 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An wullnae dole oot Sawney's money, Fir his n on page 213

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
did see. Too monie men on the dole. We're tae git bak hame whaur on page 1

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
But Ah'd bae warmer on the dole. on page 5

1 matches

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