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Use in varieties of Scots

wrists Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 2.1 6.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences84 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 4 4

Occurrences of wrists in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Maw Mawhinney held baith hes wrists in wan haund. Yeirs o washin on page 35

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
irms like tree trunks, sinewy wrists and great muckle shanks. She on page 76

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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
let it oot hooever we cut wur wrists an’ believe me ah’ve trie
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. Ah mean, tunes tae slit yur wrists tae, ken? But its no jist me
1 matches

Doric

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
on ma wrists, ma throat, ahind on page 66

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Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Reins wipped round his wrists on page 120

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fume," Ah said, sniffin it ma wrists. on page 65

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
it fin Jock tuik her twa thin wrists in his great roch hauns, the
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