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Use in varieties of Scots

thirst Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 6.7 10.6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2113 7 1 0 0 0
Number of authors17 10 6 1

Occurrences of thirst in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
rnin wi fiver, deid warriours thirst. on page 38

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
,' the man said. 'Got a ragin thirst fur juice though. Rate he get on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
here, wi its cruel mou an its thirst for pluidy revenge. The news on page 39

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ibrary caird and a relentless thirst fur knowledge. But, listen, w on page 93

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
regor, driven daft wi hunger, thirst, cauld an exhaustion, startt on page 42
ochters aff tae the well. His thirst by nou wis near drivin him gy on page 78

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The black thirst o revenge was on ma laird, on page 35

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
twee cup o tea? Tae quench ma thirst? Thon alcohol jist leaves ye on page 43

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
hauf a day I wis near deid wi thirst. I swat sae muckle that ma cl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
craw flies, their collective thirst, a lump ay solid iron, an the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rvin only tae emphasise their thirst.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
When her thirst was sated she was constipated
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Tae satisfy their thirst on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
o aabody watchin slakes their thirst Wi aa the wyes Fate does its on page 10

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
laston, though Ah wis deein o thirst in the Sahara Desert. Airchie on page 8

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ist are e fowk att hunnger an thirst for gweedness, they'Il get fi on page 11

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
yne roar for mair, bellow his thirst,
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
h it will nae doobt work up a thirst fer the bar later(2016) search twitter
! (Or maybe first! Or is that thirst!!) ?? https://t.co/UvBzpoAwMu(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I hae no thirst for knowledge, nae wish tae p on page 45

1 matches

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