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Use in varieties of Scots

pus Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.2 1.5 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1512 1 1 0 1 0
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of pus in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
haudin a gleg ee fixed on his pus. on page 137

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
d, craters etterin pooshinous pus, on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
glaur on his pus on page 15
pus chapped oot o a block o stane on page 39
an tak yon grin richt aff yir pus there on page 78

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
e the war a smile on his soor pus for a chynge. "She's fae Penc
e juist sat thare wi his soor pus an never says a word.
rd ye. An ye want ti seen the pus on him. It's mibbie juist ma
3 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"Ach shut yer stupit pus Scobie! Whit's it tae you? Ye
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
e monged, Ah nearly chewed ma pus aff while Ah wis eatin it. ??(2020) search twitter
wan's slapped her hard in the pus. #Corrie(2020) search twitter
e scriever shud be rid in the pus!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ruce: Fit's up wi you, Pallid Pus? Ye dinnae look yer yaizual s on page 40

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the pus-crusted, heedless, on page 36

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
n Aye, sic a (grand) post aye pus in the yerkers an bogles Bill(2020) search twitter