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Use in varieties of Scots

monstrosity Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 1.6 4.8 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences83 3 1 1 0 0
Number of authors8 3 3 1 1

Occurrences of monstrosity in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
xpeditin the orange, corduroy monstrosity’s arrival intae its new ham
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ng rund a corner an leave the monstrosity ahint them.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@ChefclubNetwork WTF is this monstrosity?! It's enough tae gie ye the (2020) search twitter

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ose wis naethin but a hideous monstrosity an a demonstration o his life
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ssessed them tae bigg a tinny monstrosity like yon?” mooed Kirsty the
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
uld nae see it fer that glass monstrosity built in front o it(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wis bein watched bi the black monstrosity on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
wirld, travellin on da metal monstrosity kent as da 'Meerie Meggie'.
1 matches

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