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fags Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 18.5 21.1 19.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences5536 14 2 3 0 0
Number of authors30 18 7 2 3

Occurrences of fags 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The bouncer pulls a packet ae fags oot her poakit. 'Smoke?' on page 8

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t tae a bottle ir a packet ae fags. If it came tae fitbaw, it wi on page 8
DICK. Taz is handin the boys fags oot his packet n lightin them on page 20
cunt spent PE lessons smokin fags im the toilets, A'm fucked. a on page 46
darker canopy. Danny's handin fags oot ae a Mayfair packet. None on page 47
atch our breaths n light more fags up. Everybody sits doon on a on page 48

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
an auld redd bing wi pipes an fags gaein fule belt. on page 27

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e haen nothin. Nae booze, nae fags, nae blaw, nae dosh, nae wumm on page 1

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Fags on page 95

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
da in the end an no the forty fags a day. Poor cunt, Wit a way t on page 4

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cuid get duty free baccie an fags fae the rig shop jist made it on page 49

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
cause she's always reekin ae fags these days. on page 46
e the BP Garage wi a note fur fags an bread an milk. on page 81
get her tae chip in money fur fags an when she said she didnae s on page 82
ae juice an fags oot the windae tae aw the you on page 143
n uses the money tae buy mair fags. Ah had somethin tae eat at l on page 145
Also on pages 152, 169
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
p hur pocket money tae get me fags fur ma birthday. Donald ainli on page 50
e Thistlegate, ah'd run oot o fags and hud nae tears left tae sh on page 59

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
they "tch" at staffroom fags on page 42

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An hauf-spent fags, gutter-mankit winnins on page 4

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
o Player's - that wis twenty fags a day.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Polo mints and Senior Service fags.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
cannae afford tae smoke real fags. Yur uncle Toamy's a tradesma
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
at stake wis a wickly bonus o fags whan the doctor cam, an Bill
n he wintit that he cud trade fags for. Bit Bill had eneuch firs
airly he cud pauchle a couple fags. The engineer wad never notic
les o liquor, thrawin in some fags, an they gaed on thair wey. I
4 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nae mair nor sellin knock-aff fags, yaisin lethal force agin him
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ile tossin chocolate bars and fags at it. Kin the virus even pla(2020) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
the asda smart price cola ae fags (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
h, ma mither never blamed the fags for ma lack o' height; she ay (2021) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the fags for guid. He went a hale week on page 44

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Than a packet o fags on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
YE'VE GOT TAE HIDE YER FAGS AWA on page 96

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
like a lad haein fags bit nae a licht.
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hid bocht her for a packet o fags. It wis the wifies telt us sh
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
on ower me. Stinks o foost an fags. The auld brain cells hiv kic
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
˜special’ treat, a packet o fags. This wiz the only fag she sm
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fae the Jerry for a packet o fags and a tin o bullybeef.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
stand the smell o folk smokin fags. But a tabby, noo that’s a
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The bairns aal waanted fags - on page 8

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
an so the conversaetion fags, faas,
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ict he wid dee, smokin eighty fags a day wi his emphysema. An he on page 51

1 matches

Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Twa thoosan fags.
1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
we smokit fags an swappit yarns.
1 matches

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