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Use in varieties of Scots

slippers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 2.6 10.6 29.8 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences165 7 3 0 0 1
Number of authors12 5 3 3 1

Occurrences of slippers in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Her slippers wait upon the floor, on page 24

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
falsers and put oan ma purple slippers. Ah sit doon in front o the t on page 119

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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
aid fur the aul’ pipe an’ slippers
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ma She’s like a pair of auld slippers I dinnae want to throw away ?(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
antas oan his way wae socks n slippers n a wooly hoosecoat as u get (2020) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
I'd hear her slippers shufflin ben the hoos on page 10

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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
dubby beets and pittin on her slippers at the wee porch at the back
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pairs, and if you've any felt slippers two pairs of those too!” Je
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
d rat, moo is as dry as Berts slippers and my gouts back(2016) search twitter
Jist got hame, jecket aff, slippers on & mare coal on the fire, t(2016) search twitter
aky wee bottle oot, fitba on, slippers on & sausage rolls(2016) search twitter
st settles doon efter ma tea, slippers on, awa tae sit on ma backsid(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
(nicknamed 'ruby slippers' on page 11

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me slippers are knackered, on page 102

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a comfy pair o slippers, on page 123

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ffled ontae the landin in hir slippers an felt hir way doon the stai on page 10

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