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Use in varieties of Scots

burkers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words0.9 1 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences32 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors2 1 1

Occurrences of burkers in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had tae keep a look oot fer 'Burkers' or 'Resurrectionists' as the on page 108

2 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o the traiveller's fear o the Burkers – the body-snatchers fa tho
1 matches

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