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Use in varieties of Scots

rosy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 6.7 36.2 19.9 0 31 0
Number of occurrences4213 24 2 0 3 0
Number of authors19 12 4 1 2

Occurrences of rosy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. That left her. She picked a rosy coloured stane. Smooth, like on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
dly doon her foreheid and her rosy cheeks are glowin. on page 51

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
yer hert in the hoose in the rosy wood.' on page 178

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e white wallies, His skin wis rosy-white, his lang hair wis gowd on page 87

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
, exposin torn tights where a rosy big toe, blackened at the edg on page 37

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
face. She's gat blue eyes and rosy cheeks like Sandra and Cathy on page xxi

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
l move on to Personification. Rosy - fingered dawn crept over t on page 37

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
rosy to gan to the schuil, or coll on page 107

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
e be a hard man like him. Nae rosy glesses here but yit anither,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
It gied the fields a rosy glow
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
r or a dab o her lipstick for rosy cheeks. We thocht we leukit j
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
fautit for shawin Glesca in a rosy glowe but gin Alexander McCal
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
weans dauncin and playing wi rosy cheeks and toy cars that scat
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ide up the aisle Life will be rosy - at least for a while Bit w on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hair an reedenin wir chiks te rosy aipples. on page 21

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yer rosy lips. on page 14

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
twa fite brands o fear on her rosy chikks. The stickiness wisna
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
5. The Tale o Rosy Vine
Rosy Vine wis a lang yalla rose bu
Aabody likit Rosy Vine the rose buss. The hinne
ard tae the warlock’s door, Rosy wad reeshle her leaves an gir
hame aa day. Ae Sabbath, as Rosy glowered at Whigmaleerie furl
20 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
k doon tae Bristol, they'd be rosy and healthy - and fat! on page 58

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Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
thee sleepan powls and rosy mulls? on page 58

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Her cheeks sae rosy red on page 22

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An while ye've the chance, rosy-cheeked, enjoy yer wine. on page 209

2 matches

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