A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

polished Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 7.1 31.3 9.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3914 21 1 0 1 2
Number of authors25 12 9 1 1 2

Occurrences of polished in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
up in our smartest uniforms, polished shoes, ties the proper length on page 57

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ye've pit oan yer armour an polished yer gun, on page 84

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lem oan it. A pair ae freshly polished shoes. Black troosers and a w on page 187

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
pish ah polished up an got thir wish on page 3

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
hoose without a smart suit an polished shoes even whin they wir gaei on page 76

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
itch o moonlicht glentin on a polished surface. Mr Tod lay still, wa on page 12

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Wi ribbond curls and polished shoon on page 53

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The polished steel o his sword on page 35

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
room. A auld bleck leeded an polished kitchen range wis set in the
de o the firebox. There wis a polished irn trivit thin ye pu'ed doon
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A polished off the _________ (1) lot.
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The sheen ay ma polished dress shoes reflects artifici
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Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
worn doon in the middle tae a polished sheen fae the sheer numbers a
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
binoculars frae his jaiket an polished the lenses wi the fingernebs
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Fan Ah'd polished aff the scone Ah gaed ower ti on page 38

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Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
, aneth piles o sheen aa weel polished wi Oxblood, regardless o thei on page 22

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Wi'll get ess lot polished aff an haud inte the hospital on page 95

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
oo-a-days we hiv boxes a fine polished bress Nivver see the postie - on page 15

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
awthin checket, toppet up an polished, we wid heed baak doon tae th on page 5

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
" Joyce's face wis aa pink an polished leukin an er tap lip wis reed on page 40
e the twa luvlies fae London: polished broon; tapless; an weerin som on page 44
boxie, he said t'imsel: a bra polished mahogany affair wi bonny bras on page 74
er imaagine. An ahin the lang polished coonter war the sweeties: coo on page 87

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
han ben the waarm grain o the polished wid an admire the bonny brass on page 22
olute disgrace!" A primped an polished wifie looks doon her nose as on page 43
reat muckle aspidistra an the polished piana aat naebody played. Ah on page 78

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
by hidin his newly polished sheen on page 9

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Tartan sark and polished sheen on page 126
'Ere in her polished sheen on page 176

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hidna, faith she'd keepit it polished like a new preen, an guairdit
braw fite lace table cloot wi polished cutlery that reflected the lo
rsit teacosy. Minnie sat on a polished mahognay cheer an curled her
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fancy varnished widden panels polished like glaiss. She noticed as w
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
oored an dichit an moppit, an polished an cleaned an ran back
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I dusted and polished the ben-end and piled aal the on page 58

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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Polished till they shone on page 22

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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Nor polished art. on page 6

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Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
But A wated in vain...shae polished hit nairly al Doon an whut sh
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