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Use in varieties of Scots

cubes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1211 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of cubes in Corpus

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Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
teak chappit intil bite sized cubes an rummelt aboot in seasoned on page 68

2 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
st kept his heid doon an drew cubes frae aw the sindrie angles Mr on page 84
he day, insteid o jist drawin cubes frae their ain fevered imagin on page 86
"We will be drawing cubes today", said Mr Gowanlock. on page 90

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
cauld weather. I mak hoat ice cubes and aw for pittin in hoat dri on page 119

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
reezer and grabs a bag ae ice cubes and then heids back oor tae t
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
rlic, red pepper/tomato stock cubes, 3 tins toms, oregano, paprik(2020) search twitter

Doric

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ice cream scoop, an watch the cubes spill oot lowsly an obedientl (2020) twitter link