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cocktail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 7.6 7.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2115 5 0 0 1 0
Number of authors16 11 4 1

Occurrences of cocktail 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
elin passes through me, a mad cocktail ae adrenaline n Tonic wine. " on page 41
somehow, n she's that bitter cocktail ae angry n disappointed. Even on page 55

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
vost's private ruim whaur his cocktail caibinet is!" on page 26

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wi a cocktail in wan haund on page 39

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
arlin?" he asks her. "Fancy a cocktail withoot the tail?" on page 80

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
suckin through strahs in cocktail bars on page 4

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
She's wearin a black cocktail dress and a cream cardigan. H on page 6
e paper plate o vol-au-vents, cocktail sausages and mini sausage rol on page 8
n silence. The sound o a blue cocktail clinkin oan our table brings on page 11

3 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
d mornin, mid-life, you are a cocktail o oor time here, there, every on page 24

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
s. I loved it there. They pit cocktail sticks in their burgers tae h
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
cots wioot feelin the complex cocktail o emotions rangin frae fear t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
o Steve, that’s a rum based cocktail. My yogic name is Guru Dhadak
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
faimly had been sprayed wi a cocktail o insecticides an antibiotics
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e bar te dunce, shakkin their cocktail makkers, an luttin aff spairk on page 15
airter. "Ah hivna hid a Praan Cocktail fir a lang time...very 'retro on page 28

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ein a whisky tastin, a whisky cocktail makin lesson an a cask draw e on page 8

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
at things wi its ever-changin cocktail o elements. The people are us on page 118

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@shunad Oor early for a cocktail(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Or Cherry red cocktail sourz on page 20

1 matches

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