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Use in varieties of Scots

hoastin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 6.4 6.4 0 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences1712 4 0 0 1 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of hoastin in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ira, leadin Dobbin, a wundit, hoastin, scabbie auld naig, wi twa fl on page 48

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
uid kintrae air, an no aye be hoastin wi its wee kist fou o reek. on page 71

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
hakkin his heid. 'And ye were hoastin this mornin.' on page 107

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
st - and stuid for a meenit, hoastin intae a white hanky. Violet a on page 7
hen he wis at hame he wis aye hoastin that much that it wis a sair on page 13
then burst intae a wee fit o hoastin. "It's aw sortit," he said ev on page 14
oot the room. They heard him hoastin intae his hanky, and then the on page 16
say somethin, but he stairtit hoastin insteid. For a guid wee meeni on page 149

5 matches

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
ges alang wi the auld knock's hoastin tick.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ach, Ah'm wheezin an Ah'm hoastin,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
ot an faas intae the rosebed, hoastin sit.
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aboot black lungs and mannies hoastin aat muckle they can barely ta on page 43

3 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
beds – Grunny couldna stop hoastin and I wis full o unused energ
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
hoastin his lichts oot thonner in the on page 141

1 matches

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