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Use in varieties of Scots

cord Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 4.5 9 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences189 6 1 0 1 1
Number of authors14 8 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of cord 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
the like o't, as she tied the cord, dried an swaddlt the wee wru on page 71

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
nd that it's time tae cut the cord. on page 79

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ormented her" struck a strang cord wi us, an haes done sae intae on page 58

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a husband wis gaun'ae cut the cord wi a puckin Stanley knife!' on page xvi

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
the cord frae Janet's dressin-goon on page 52

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tae mend his siller cord.
1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
os a wis the lightest and the cord a used wis awready pit on. A
Ma feet were then pit in the cord. A walked tae the edge.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he side o her haun the sacrit cord, the nerve that cairries the
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
undertaker maanies aa teen a cord, wi young Walter stannin it t on page 76
a han te the shimmerin silver cord at hid appeart atween imsel a on page 78

3 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
realised that I stretched the cord so much, the plug had come lo
he lavvie and pulled the reid cord in the toilet. Immediately th
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a decision, he went tae a big cord aside the fire and pulled doo
1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fragile cord. on page 18

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
lowse the ticht cord o the years
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
reached fur the tassel o the cord. on page 32

1 matches

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