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victory Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 20.6 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences4440 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors26 22 3 1

Occurrences of victory in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
we get tae Greece - a proper victory deserves a proper skald.' on page 57

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Victory assured, aye that'll be richt on page 29

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
- for this had been a famous victory. The spirit o the Lord wis am on page 38

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hasin that very rare taste ae victory. Maist ae the regulars huv aw on page 34
the team's chances ae tastin victory. on page 95
Whether it's a glorious victory or another hert breakin loass on page 98
it, eh? held oan fur a famous victory. Shite game, dinnae git me wr on page 111
t in order tae secure a small victory fur masel. But fuck it, ah'm on page 138

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in some way or anither. A wee victory or twa wid help her tae thole on page 23

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
'A wee victory son, juist a wee victory.' on page 195

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
l the Labour General Election victory in 1997. on page 58
an representit anither kind o victory. Fer a great monie fowk, an n on page 94

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
swimmin lessons at the Renfra Victory baths on a Friday night (the on page 55
job in the toilets up by the Victory baths. Ah don't know whit ah on page 100

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
r and sterted dauncin a jig o victory in his jammies. on page 57

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Frae the throat o false victory. on page 118

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
"Ma lord, we've gained the victory!" on page 35

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
grund. Up tae hi-doh wi their victory, Hercules and his men stottit on page 37

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
s an the odds wis on a French victory but howanever, if Scotland ma
a draw, thon wad be a bigger victory nor thair win in Glesca.
ill have achieved a momentous victory over the World Cup finalists.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
s made by Nike, the goddess o Victory. But Atalanta wisna interesti
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
o’ no’ followin’ up the victory at Falkirk, tae lay siege tae
one mair victory we sought,
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
For victory, A pray!!
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
gaun i’ the strauchle till victory is oors.
the bease hoondin them oot in victory.
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
shed (McDade hud insisted oan victory lines, aw roon) so we came ta
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
t are talkin aboot a possible victory for Labour or a left coalitio
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ws jist as clearly as the SNP victory that independence remains the
e shock wis Willie Rennie’s victory ower the SNP i North-Aist Fif
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e stairt? The scale o the SNP victory i Scotland defies superlative
won an owerwhelmin electoral victory i Zkotland, routin the unioni
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
merges tae lead the Scots tae victory agin the Nint Legion, forcin
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
an on, the scale o Syriza’s victory maun be awned, an whitever co
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
sae a Labour General Election victory wad hae tae come fae middle-E
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McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
fae this wan vital victory
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@billykayscot tweeted
“grab defeat from the jaws of victory!” I admire the contribution (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Foxiola victory will b sweet lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
éans, the first major French victory agin the Inglis durin the Hun on page 18

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
this condition will result in victory being awarded to the opposing on page 90

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
surrendered Allies celebrated Victory in Europe bringing tae lowse (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Mainland, Jim Performance (After Les Murray), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
An as aye happens efter ony victory,
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