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adam's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 11.8 13.6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3323 9 0 0 1 0
Number of authors11 7 3 1

Occurrences of adam's in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Adam's sicht an alloucd maist o the on page 52
ddin. Wi God's providence, an Adam's canny husbandry, they won thr on page 57
ped a muckle daud o skin frae Adam's shin-bane. Nane o Bessie's sa on page 63
e tears frae her een, an gied Adam's haun a wee squeeze. on page 76
infeft in her guid-brither - Adam's younger brither William. A th on page 78

7 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
As ah lunge tae rip oot his Adam's apple like yae see in they ch on page 45
Then, as he went tae crush ma Adam's apple intae a fine powder. Al on page 199

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
d - the bairns could see his Adam's aipple joogle in his shilpit on page 24

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
knife blade tae the butler's Adam's aiple. Amaist afore he kennt on page 9

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
A ken the kinrik, aw o Adam's bairns." on page 87

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
For Eve an Adam's leisure oors, on page 62

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
this Heavenly Power saw Adam's state,
fae Adam's side He took a rib -
an kneelin doon at Adam's feet
She saw that Adam's urgent need
Adam's Rebellion
8 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ingine, gowf, the telephone, Adam's economics an aw that, can the
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ild beast ettlin tae teer yer Adam's aipple oot, an it sooked the on page 29

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
et, aa the wye back up te the Adam's apple. "Ye're a mannie! Ye're on page 16

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"I'm fur Adam's Peak masel," quo Nava, fa'd n
ear o naethin. She'd sclimmed Adam's Peak in her birthlan o Sri La
"Fit kinno a place is Adam's Peak?" the Sangsters winted t
ir heezed wi butterflees, did Adam's Peak. Fur ower a thoosan year
that she'd suddenly myndit on Adam's Peak at the fit o a dreich Sc
7 matches

Southern

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