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Use in varieties of Scots

sheeny Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 3.7 4.8 0 46.5 0 0
Number of occurrences187 3 0 8 0 0
Number of authors9 3 1 5

Occurrences of sheeny 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

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
st cooryin in tae it, and the sheeny paper wrapper made shairp wee on page 32
. In front o him, there wis a sheeny metal door. The pairty croodi on page 72
er tae anither machine, a sma sheeny affair that wis aye gaun phut on page 100

3 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
it. Insteid, the air wis fu o sheeny fleein machines shaped like d on page 8
'These'll help ye cope wi the sheeny surfaces, ' said Doug. He ope on page 10
' he anoonced. He liftit up a sheeny metal box an opened the lid. on page 13

3 matches

Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Aft times a stowen, sheeny pheasant. on page 55

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e muckle horsechestnut trees, sheeny conkers lay in their wee gree
ls o the governess car leavin sheeny tracks o ice on the skyty bra
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
wis swippert collies, hair as sheeny as glaiss
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
e hoose, an apo da door wis a sheeny bress plate wi da name "W. RA on page 34
n. "I mean, whit maks dem sae sheeny?" on page 103

2 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
dentist's room - white waas, sheeny instriments an da black chair on page 17

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
E YOUR FLÖR AN LAEVES AATHIN SHEENY BRICHT,’ hit said. Dodie sc
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
uckle haily puckle wrappit in sheeny paeper.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
roond elf wife wi sheeks laek sheeny red aipples wis dyshin oot or
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
row.com. A Johnsmas suit is a sheeny silver suit dat covers a trow
1 matches

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o Tammy Nories at Da Head! A sheeny swirl o 100s o nories- black,(2013) search twitter

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