A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spinster Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.2 1 1.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences42 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of spinster in Corpus

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Central

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in her fortieth year an her a spinster still. Black as the earl-o-he
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a lady ca’d Miss Pullar, a spinster in her late fifties wi blonde
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ckit aff te bide wi Faither's spinster sister: a druchtit aul on page 66

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
n whar tae pit mesel - me, a spinster aal me days - on page 59

1 matches

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