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gumption Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 5.1 1.5 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences1410 1 0 0 1 2
Number of authors13 9 1 1 2

Occurrences of gumption in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aid Alice, shocked at her ain gumption. "Ah'm jist haudin the jaikit on page 79

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
What's scunnerin ma gumption is the loss on page 48

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
t tae see gif they had muckle gumption. But ilkane o them wad aye sa on page 11

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
oad. Scant o siller but fou o gumption, he speirt o their neibour Wu on page 79

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
an gumption. The taill turnis tae Brian t on page 14

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in! But how did ye get up the gumption tae tell yer auntie?' on page 196

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
derella an she didnae hae the gumption tae argue. on page 80

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s, an scrievit wi rerr rummle-gumption an eident analysis, this buik on page 126

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
er wi the harns o a flee, the gumption o a tattie-boggle an the kenn
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
cuid find eneuch MSPs wi the gumption?
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Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
es gleg-witted, bit aye fou o gumption. on page 99

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
whae wur pang fou o rummil-gumption. (Sei, “Tales o the Borders
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in heicht, she had gained in gumption. on page 60

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
But mair nor tha lave tha gumption tae spier on page 49

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