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Use in varieties of Scots

pillar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 5.1 4.5 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1510 3 1 0 0 1
Number of authors13 9 2 1 1

Occurrences of pillar in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
tae finish," said the Cater. pillar, firmly; an thir wis silence on page 50

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, Earl o Loudoun - a staunch pillar o the Covenant - had tae fle on page 48

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
there she stayed staundin, a pillar o doom towerin ower the dwaib on page 146

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae wunner at the Prentice Pillar. on page 107

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
od wis Willie Ross, wha wis a pillar o the
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t howpt tae mak Scots the new pillar o national culture? Harry Gil
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ot me tae hide wi her ahint a pillar an keek oot tae see whit wid
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an pushed her agin a concrete pillar. He haunlet her gently, despi
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
? Did he fuck. The cunt wis a pillar ae strength and bravery. He w
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
in a wey maist unseemly for a pillar o the Kirk.
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Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
es, an a grandfather that's a pillar o society." on page 94

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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fine!’ I replied acting the pillar o society that I am. ‘Jist
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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
glowers doon - an fae a pillar o soot on page 26

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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A pillar o tha kirk, on page 46

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