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Use in varieties of Scots

spuin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 3.2 0 0 11.6 10.9 0
Number of occurrences96 0 0 2 1 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of spuin in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
m in his chaumer at the hame, spuin-feedin him ice cream. In the on page 31

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
in hir lugs but what the horn-spuin pits i the heid. She's as thi on page 48

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
a tea tassie or a warked horn spuin. But the fermer saw whit the on page 18

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nest forgot. He maks fork and spuin o thumb and index finger, and on page 72

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
uird suppin brose wi a cuttie spuin frae a bowlie an myndin hiz a
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eil or preein his drink, lang spuin or no. Amen.
1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Aes dey added annidder spuin o tae
Annidder spuin o shugger, duy efter duy
2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
steerin his tei, hei put the spuin i the jam jar an
1 matches

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