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Use in varieties of Scots

cutting Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 7.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences169 5 0 0 1 1
Number of authors13 8 3 1 1

Occurrences of cutting 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
irdin an spinnin the fleeces; cutting an dryin winter peats on the on page 55

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
cutting the ties o' childhood on page 101

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
And so I'm cutting down on tea.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
-runny resin. And ... ah-hah, cutting and welding equipment.”
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
aughter and grandson.ended up cutting a lonely picture,on Ma loneso(2019) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Wha's bin cutting Gary's hair durin lockdoon? O(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
at least the bush disnae need cutting hen! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
8 - av goat the professional cutting gear - never paid fir a hair (2021) twitter link
nd in very close proximity - cutting your hair - is far more a ri (2021) twitter link

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah wis cutting ma toe nails in flechie hinma(2014) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
kins blasting over, Hayes nae cutting back (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
idarity wee the cooncil n nae cutting their greens(2020) search twitter
@Ali_Leith Yer nae cutting them in half ti get them in t(2020) search twitter
Cutting standards a step at a time th(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A budget cutting cost on page 24

1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
cool doon an mairk it oot fur cutting, but dinnae cut it tae it's c on page 28

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