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Use in varieties of Scots

coverin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 10.8 9 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3021 6 0 1 0 2
Number of authors23 18 2 1 2

Occurrences of coverin in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
oat aw the management an that coverin fur him an helpin him oot an on page 23

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Coverin tane-tither in kisses, on page 25

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Her face reassembled itsell, coverin the expression which said 'th on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
cuid weel be daein wi a guid coverin tae shield the grun. Gin we g on page 81

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
is pocket for his hankie and, coverin his mooth, hoastit intae it a on page 66

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tands and takes aff the glass coverin and pulls the photie o the St on page 81

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
came fleein oot in a shooer, coverin Hercules fae tap tae taes in on page 8

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ivar weil as a student, throu coverin faur mair subjecks an times, on page 130

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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
e, ah saw millions o speeders coverin th bluidy waws an smelt a hel
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
vered because it wisnae worth coverin. Nooadays, we can luik back
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gear an pulls away laughin, coverin every cunt - me, two auld gu
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
as bad wae its morning frost coverin.
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pepperin the grun wae a light coverin. A wee sparra catches ma atte
aboot as low as ye kin waeoot coverin yer eyes. He's goat yer typic
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he moon like a widow’s veil coverin her auld coupon.
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
actually gey uissfu documents coverin aw the genres – hopefully s
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
up, sherds o screen erywhere coverin the flair. Then she had tae n
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
r long black hair is slightly coverin her puss and a crack pipe lie
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@iainnicol tweeted
pdennis Leukin forrit tae you coverin the bill.(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@holyroodmandy Fause-face coverin whaur ye maun Aye wash yer mi(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey @VFSportsPix am coverin every angle noo - sose naebu (2020) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Rise tae a fyte coverin o sna,
Ere's a fer coverin o sna fin I rise,
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Ere's a coverin o sna fin we div rise,
A coverin o sna this mornin eence mair,
Ere's a coverin o sna for us tae see,
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
l wireless. Wunner fa will be coverin yon coveted flytime slot. I'm(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Shü wis blyde ta see a coverin a snaa ipo her path as shü t on page 27

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Mrs Andrews," she caalt oot, coverin on page 19

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ir sax drummin' associations coverin' differ pairts o' Norlin Airl on page 39

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