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Use in varieties of Scots

shillin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 5.1 19.6 0 17.4 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences3110 13 0 3 1 4
Number of authors20 8 6 2 1 3

Occurrences of shillin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e use ae this ointment - yin shillin the boax - D'ye want me tae on page 37

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
(He wisnae the full shillin). on page 59

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
sell back tae the ofhe fur a shillin a pop. on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
spiers if ?m the fuhl-shillin on page 48

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
t ma hoose, and I'll gie ye a shillin!" the sodger shoutit oot. on page 46

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
! This lassie wis no the full shillin, richt enough.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A shillin pack o Player's - that wis t
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
rticle an they’re no the fu shillin.
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
I got for a shillin in the kirk jumble-sale in th
1 matches

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
hat there wis 12 pennies in a shillin and 20 shillins in a pound; I on page 124

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
doon tae Cullen Pil bet ye a shillin on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
re - yon Tina's nae the full shillin. Pick's up, wull ye? Ye'r nae on page 56
s o pint. He'd nivver spint a shillin fin a penny wid hiv deen. Fol on page 74

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yewis kent the richt side o a shillin an fin it cam te business mai on page 48
tely onythin te save yersel a shillin. It's like a kinna madness co on page 81

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Noo, gin ye be pittin yer shillin i the collection box an it co on page 12

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
loons tae jyne fur the King's shillin.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
al shops tae mak a sair knott shillin for his beer. Better norr tha
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he Ale Hoose far he spent the shillin a day he got peyed for bein t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ed tae mak an extra sair nott shillin that wye afore her hands hid
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Wi a shillin a box for dis iniment gaer - on page 48

1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Da promise o a trowie shillin can wirk wonders,” said Mee
“I paid a weel earnt trowie shillin for dis.”
2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
B' th yis o this ointment-yin shillin th box - on page 46

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he use o this oontment - yin shillin the box on page 47

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
snaffle that shines lak' a shillin',
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
e pence in tha pun. Or that a shillin wus worth twal pence an no 5p
cum tha pun note worth twunty shillin’s, folliet by tha ten bob n
2 matches

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