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Use in varieties of Scots

elbuck Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 3.6 3 0 11.6 20.7 0
Number of occurrences137 2 0 2 2 0
Number of authors8 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of elbuck in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
an she tried lyin doun wi yae elbuck agin the door, an the tither on page 34
pened in the wey, an Alison's elbuck wis ticht agin it, it wis nae on page 35
duntit my elbuck." on page 44

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
spittle o a curate aye at his elbuck. Maist o his congregation lef on page 40

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
, crookit in his black suited elbuck. He is on his wey tae the Bet on page 136

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
efter Danny haed gien him an elbuck in the mou an near cawed his on page 60

1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
l done and mair power tae yer elbuck. And let's STOP PAYING SCOTS (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ae the park wi a wheep at his elbuck an a fag rikkin frae the croo
lly. Throwe the windae at his elbuck, he could see the stibble par
2 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
Yarl a proag i da ribs wi his elbuck. on page 35

2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
ments will pit fushion in her elbuck whan she haes ti mak a road t on page 5

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
r an ken yer bahookie fae yer elbuck. (2020) twitter link

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