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Use in varieties of Scots

vicious Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 6.9 4.8 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1713 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors12 8 3 1

Occurrences of vicious in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ud a haud ae Scratchy. Rough. Vicious. Faces twistit. The laddie's on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
vicious if anyhing" and he then point on page 187

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rkable oors at the Vigil thro vicious winter months, ithers tireles on page 107

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hae lang believed in like the vicious kelpies and the friendly an h on page 29
them tell me it's no quite as vicious the day. No that aw them then on page 116

3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae slay at least ae vicious beast -
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the ilk fauson. Fowk wis gey vicious wi thair imberellies. The Pan
r wis ower young tae mind the vicious auld bruits that wis oreegina
ae childbearin. Free fae this vicious circle oO breedin a new gener
3 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ly. I’ve git him. Ah felt a vicious smirk spread owermah features
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e Sun must’ve set behin the vicious black and ragged slate o the
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@Chazzbat tweeted
@AGlasgowGirl Yer maw is sooo vicious. ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lly Bruce wisna coorse in the vicious sense o the wird, fur she niv
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
min obese. O coorse, it’s a vicious cycle considerin that bein ob
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r using entrenchin tools in a vicious bloody fecht. Douglas used hi
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The dartan, sleekan, vicious ill-trickid thing, on page 146

1 matches

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