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Use in varieties of Scots

slim Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 5.1 6 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1710 4 1 1 1 0
Number of authors14 9 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of slim in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
platinum blonde, big boobs n slim. She's git big hoop earrings on page 26

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
slim fit, a regular guy on page 66

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wans wi wean's movin here are slim. The young wans call this str on page 81
a leg. Ah've no got thighs as slim as Kate's, but after this, ah on page 86

2 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
on the shelf, tho, A spied a slim wee beukie aside it: it wis A
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
tain o the guard gaped at the slim fair-haired lad an said, “I

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
kle slowly turnt ower the wee slim volume he held in his left ha
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
hear ye, but she's the only (slim) hope we have of that party e (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
ing but also this is the most slim av ever been n aw ma retro fo (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n steaks - am actually quite slim btw cheeky lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
arbohydrate; the egg ane; yon slim-faist stuffie wi the poodered on page 16

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s nae ayewis the best idea te slim doon it your age - the skin on page 69

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the superficial things like a slim figir ~ ere's much mair te so on page 39

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@Franwella tweeted
ink. Jimmy Carr's lookin affa slim(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sleeved, ankle length frock, slim an glamorous, ur so I imagine on page 99

1 matches

Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
is broos, straicht an tall an slim. Wir pritty young man.
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Her hurdies and her waist sae slim on page 49

1 matches

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