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Use in varieties of Scots

flush Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 4.6 18.1 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences259 12 0 0 1 3
Number of authors15 9 4 1 1

Occurrences of flush 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

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
oan the cards, jist one last flush? on page 54

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y imagine yi could never ever flush it away cause it wis aw pure on page 98

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
is bound tae notice. He could flush them awa, a bit at a time, bu on page 41

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
za crunch = and if Donald wis flush, a beer fur himsel and a Tang on page 49

1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
yer kin squash, an stoat and flush doon th cludgie. At’s your
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Cistern just won't flush,
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
dex finger had worn ragged. A flush ae pain caused Ailsa tae wake
1 matches

@Sinethugcat tweeted
ellEsq Same here - every hot flush (several a night) stick my ba (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n a wee bacardi chaser if eer flush lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah felt ma face flush again in defince o the michty on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
okit it Joyce an saa her face flush wi affront. "Na, ye're aricht on page 7
in," said Vi, feelin her face flush wi pleasure as she ushered he on page 27
n onythin, thocht Vi, a fresh flush o affront waashin ower her as on page 30
dened an Vi felt her ain face flush as she lookit doon it Willie, on page 32
r aat!" Ronnie felt his chiks flush as reed as his hair. "Jist ki on page 54
Also on pages 87
6 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ended thou, unless yer feelin flush that is. In 2019, the manager on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Country fer flush better sicht canna be seen.
Countryside flush, athing soakin weet,
Oot o season bit jist fer flush.
3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ye add McInnes tae the busted flush? Folk keep asking why there’ (2021) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The flush o' youth, it takes me back on page 14

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
F fur flush aa youth thut einas, on page 13
Sumer flush, oo hate an sun on page 28
Flush oo green tha country gleems on page 29

3 matches

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