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Use in varieties of Scots

shoots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 12.2 1.6 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2623 1 1 0 0 1
Number of authors19 16 1 1 1

Occurrences of shoots in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e hert, poued up the last sma shoots o baobabs forby. He doutit he on page 34

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
shat yirself, ya dick!' Danny shoots back. on page 33
y'll do anything, Liz Addison shoots. on page 57

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
And bang bang bang, she shoots him deid. on page 40

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo then shoots oaff tae the bathroom. Fur wh on page 134

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an shoots sum shit-hot pool. on page 67

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s snaws depairt, an the green shoots bring, on page 16

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah put ma pen doon. A haun shoots up. on page 22

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. (Shoots) Aye Frazer?! on page 5

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah open ma eyes as a cramp shoots through ma doonstairs. The cr on page xiv
The phone vibrates. Pain shoots through ma ear. Ah swear inte on page 14

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
as his forward shoots and misses on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
rticles in thir muckle flares shoots oot an wad smoor the hail o t
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
s snaws depairt, an the green shoots bring,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
We'll tak a nibble at the shoots
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
t nou anely exists for grouse shoots an postcairds.
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
The barman shoots us a look that suggests he’
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
oner back tae the farmyard an shoots the pair man in the heid …

@Chazzbat tweeted
Whit the fuck sort o copper shoots a member o the public?! #TheS(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
bought MASEL a copy of 'Eats, Shoots...' then enthused aboot it ta(2016) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
iontime Nae tha SNP cawin tha shoots.... its us, thu michty people (2021) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the shoots o life romp oot in play,
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ontent on new pasture. A hare shoots oot o a peedie hollow; I stoo
1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ew beginnin tae the land, the shoots o Naiter's stairt, on page 46

1 matches

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