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foreheid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 9.6 1.5 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2319 1 0 0 1 2
Number of authors16 13 1 1 1

Occurrences of foreheid in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
wan finger presst against its foreheid (the wey ye see Shakespeare, on page 27

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
his lamp. Syne he dichtit his foreheid wi a reid-checkit napkin. on page 50
he munelicht I beheld his wan foreheid, his steekit een, his hanks o on page 78
at he aye wure. I had wat his foreheid, an had gien him a drink. An on page 84

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
. Therr's twenty-three oan ma foreheid, fifteen oan each cheek, seve on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eat is runnin wildly doon her foreheid and her rosy cheeks are glowi on page 51
ickle ae sweat runnin doon ma foreheid. No tae mention ma mooth hus on page 130

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e'll tak hauf the skin aff ma foreheid.' on page 26

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an the sweit burst oot on his foreheid he realised the licht wis kee on page 65

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
SYCHO STALEER tattooed on her foreheid cause that's the way she's ac on page 169

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a massive foreheid. They'll probably wane ma pho on page 57

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
had appeared on the top o his foreheid and he wis clutching it in pa
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s bloody arsehole, his greasy foreheid smearin the windae. ‘Ah kin
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ace the back o ma haun oan ma foreheid. Ma temperature feels normal.
Ah put a haun tae ma foreheid. Ah’m burnin up. Maybe it
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
hirrin soond cam fae Doug’s foreheid an Kat saw that ane o his ant
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he made bull’s horns at her foreheid wi a finger o ilka haun, an d
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d sweat began runnin doun his foreheid, a shiver ran through his boa
1 matches

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thit wis an inch lang oot ma foreheid! It wis that fine Ah cud anel(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
work!” an the veins on his foreheid were poppin up like cables.
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
i yin finger pressed oan eets foreheid (th position that ee usually on page 26

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
i yin finger pusht ontae haes foreheid (the wye yae wud maistly see on page 27
xt witness. It quite maks mae foreheid ache!" on page 115

2 matches

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