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profit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 16.5 0 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3531 0 2 1 0 1
Number of authors16 13 1 1 1

Occurrences of profit in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
tae parcel up fur profit on page 32

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
se rich toffs huv made a tidy profit fae oor time spent here, and on page 24

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e motors, every wan at a guid profit. Sawdust in the gear-boxes, t on page 44
ither said. "Noo work oot the profit ah made on each o the five mo on page 47

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is undertaen in the pursuit o profit an pouer. An we shuid neer fo on page 21
Bottom Line mentality (a.k.a. profit fer the few) that drives the on page 29
enae in the business o makkin profit, an the parameters o judgemen on page 36
tion o publick finance. PFI = Profit First Intiative. on page 37
dge g catastrophe thro pittin profit afore baith oor environment a on page 88
Also on pages 89, 90, 114, 122, 137
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
e muisic, athoot ony thocht o profit, but ithers are mair mindit o on page 56

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
cam tae mean the share in the profit or loss o a ventur due tae il on page 59

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n aw ither sorts o costs. The profit wis best whan they cuid hit o on page 48

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
potentially make a fifty poun profit. on page 136

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
been thinkin, oor Hermann wid profit frae gaun on his traivels on page 43

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
mak hiz wey forrit i poust an profit. Whan hiz onkils wuidna grie,
the profit o the yird an sie. Verra suin
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, in terms ay maximizin their profit margin.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
inland, giein thaim e'en mair profit nor the 'awfie, awfie loat ..
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ces up, an keep landowners in profit. But acause the wirking fowk
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
l nae the wages o sin that is profit on the back o ilka citizen fo(2020) search twitter
n that promuives people store profit, environmentalism an ecology,(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
t tender and are makin a £25 profit per food parcel. https://t.co(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu took the profit fae Jeemo's coos. on page 12

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sheu took the profit fae Jeemo's coos. on page 75

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
at see profit in plunderin
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ull save ït. For thair's nae profit for a man tae hae tha hale wa on page 85

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