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Use in varieties of Scots

purpie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 12.3 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2624 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors14 12 1 1

Occurrences of purpie in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
A purpie lin on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
purpie rivers. on page 38

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
em bade a king. Cled in royal purpie an ermine, he wis setten on a on page 36

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
its cushin o purpie stuffs; on page 6
hair o yer heid is [rich as] purpie; on page 16

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e pan wis fu o a clatty gooey purpie traicle, bilin and bubblin. B on page 102
. "The lassie's gaun blue and purpie aw ower! Even her hair is chy on page 110
'She'll be purpie!' cried Mr Wonka. 'A bonnie b on page 116
'But she's aw purpie in the face!' cried Granda Jo on page 168

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ad aboot five hunner gigantic purpie peels in it. FOR CUDDIES WI S on page 28
Her face wis purpie tae green turnin! on page 42

3 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
uckle crater. Beek's face wis purpie wi rage. Boonce wis ill-mooth on page 29

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
They purpie aa the gairden walks, on page 2
Wi heids deid-purpie as auld cheeks on page 3

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
waas o the seggan, ay, an purpie-wulk chaumers on page 21
yetts o the purpie wulk, ay, an chaumers o the c on page 28

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Chrysanths, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Imperial purpie, white, wad grace
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ir, fash, gardyloo, hogmanay, purpie and vaig, tae name a wheen.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
my's weedae, cled in bluebell purpie, wis praisentit wi flouers al
crowd whaur the colour o the purpie bluebell wis rowth in pairts
2 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
@stewartbremner Purpie(2019) search twitter

Doric

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
tae haud awa fae the wee purpie scalders –
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
wi yallae an purpie ploums
1 matches

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