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Use in varieties of Scots

pockets Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 7.4 1.6 9.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences1914 1 1 3 0 0
Number of authors14 9 1 1 3

Occurrences of pockets in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
he's git a thin face n black pockets roon his eyes. It gees yi the on page 7
uid each. We aw rustle in our pockets. Danny swaggers up n pulls a on page 12
ab the fat-end oot wan ae his pockets. The cunt is concentratin on on page 14

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hen. Anyroad, it disnae come. Pockets emptied, shoes aff so's ye ca on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Nae mair pockets fu o rocks on page 42

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
corporation an then intae the pockets o The Trump himsel. on page 89

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
We three fake front pockets on page 66

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
w pittin their hands in their pockets, anither thing sic fowk are n on page 85

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
responsibly pockets explainin thit our mum widnae
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He jiggles the coins in his pockets. Aye…yir right son. Yir a w
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t a practical cagoule wi mair pockets nor he could fill.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@BatesMoira They dinnae sew pockets on yir shroud Moira ????(2020) search twitter
Bit ??some ?? The dinnae sew pockets on shrouds ??????(2020) search twitter

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Raking aboot deep in ma pockets o'ma troosers the day fer cha(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
loor. The ties get stuffed in pockets when the sweat begins tae pou on page 70

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
li fun in various forms ithin pockets o on page 60

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
es seem ta live i der coach's pockets. Lik dey canna tink or act fu
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Oot o’ dir pockets. His foul naetir
1 matches

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