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Use in varieties of Scots

gavel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 2.6 1.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences85 1 0 0 0 2
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of gavel in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
guidman an young John tae the gavel-en o the hous, whaur they wer on page 46
wa ahint a loose stane in the gavel waa. For under the new laws, on page 58
n cam oot for a piss agin the gavel waa. Adam wis bumbased - for on page 59

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the gavel ontil it brocht doun the hale
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s grannie wad hae sayed, like gavel ens, an they tane muckle mair
1 matches

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Bitween the gavel end on page 122

1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Ma gavel wundae, ower oul reuch fiels on page 2
a place, pentit white, wi tha gavel-en recht by tha road. Ye cann on page 27

2 matches

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