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Use in varieties of Scots

copper Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.7 8.1 7.5 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences2516 5 0 0 1 3
Number of authors15 8 4 1 2

Occurrences of copper 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

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
like it wis made frae tin nor copper. Didna aw sma lands in sic te on page 136

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Elder cunts hud ripped aw the copper n lead oot the place. Easy a on page 3

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
the gutters whan A seen a wee copper weer runnin atween the fence- on page 22

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
n the kist and tak oot aw the copper pieces ye can cairry. Weel... on page 30
st and stappit his pooches wi copper. on page 33
king, had sneckit her up in a copper castle. He'd been tellt that, on page 41
e princess wis brocht fae the copper castle in a gowden cairriage, on page 48

5 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
e yaised a muckle stane built copper biler ootside, an ower the ro
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, laden wi shimmerin dreeps o copper an gowd. Laricks, their ochre
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
r sneakin aboot like a fuckin copper. An whit’s wrang wae Pebble
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
as it that he’s goat a bent copper oan his payroll, McNulty. Get
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a beat copper staunin in the road behind me
u’re gaun in future.’ the copper sais an gies the roof a bang,
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Whit the fuck sort o copper shoots a member o the public?(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e 'o' brasso fur polyshen thi copper an brass, an Ov coarse eis we on page 5

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
the local paper, wi Mither's copper-bottomed pan wi a tinny o gam on page 94

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
re gowden, the coos backs lik copper. The taps o the trees looked on page 15

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@Lenniesaurus Tae make yer copper sulphate hingmies, tak a SUPP (2020) twitter link

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
was the copper jeely pan; on page 149

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e gowld or siller, ner e'en a copper ïn yer girthpooch; !°tak na on page 9

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Ah sut in the copper-tapped shelter in silence whi
hard tae sit in silence in a copper-tapped shelter withoot storie
2 matches

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