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swingin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 8.7 12.1 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2617 8 0 0 0 1
Number of authors21 13 7 1

Occurrences of swingin in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
swingin carelessly on page 15

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ld aheid o ma face, an ma aix swingin oot wildly, but it seemed tha on page 58

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
an right intae them n started swingin cunts aboot. That's how he be on page 5
dancin aboot on his tiptoes, swingin his arms in the air. Finnegan on page 18

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Swingin roon intae West Bridge Street on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wi lang strides and her airms swingin when she bairged alang a corr on page 61

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
and when she imagined hersel swingin in thon breeze, clingin tae a on page 119

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
on the nuts, bird swingin on page 31

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lf weel oot the road o Ella's swingin shuin. The twa o thaim aw the on page 67

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
tins ae lager he’s got left swingin fae his pinky, big gumsy grin
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
s language the day is awready swingin tae. But space for a fit in t
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
he history pages wi his sword swingin an bluid in his een wis at La
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n at the van. McDade’s oot, swingin a sweepin brush aboot at a cu
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fister, is Tam - an it comes swingin in perfect afore stoppin righ
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
omes hurtlin doon the street, swingin roon the coarner acroass fae
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ment, wis caught and ended up swingin frae the gibbet in Glesca.

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ngs at the door interrupt us. Swingin the door open ah’m surprise
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Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae graft and debt, swingin in atween extremes, on page 34

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m milk an a jeely piece in't, swingin fae ma hunnlebars an duntin a on page 21

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
. Some pynts o interest wirth swingin bi are as follaes: on page 17

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
hicht o the gale, the cat wis swingin a good twinty feet side tae s on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
The loon sat, swingin his legs, huffin. He didna li
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Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
every noo an agayn, as i the Swingin Sixties, when younger generat
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
events that culminatit in his swingin upside doon fae the tree. He
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
wis, heid heich, spangin oot, swingin his airms an tossin thon lang
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Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
hes an we teuk it in turns at swingin lik Tarzan. An as the sun ski
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