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basement Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.6 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences107 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of basement in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
They haed thair breks in the basement lounge o the hotel, whaur tha on page 26

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n the Brexit Britain, bargain-basement plan o the Westminster Tory on page 91

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi wir talkin aboot basement bargains on page 38

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
s ma Da breengin doon tae the basement tae gie Rodrick dixie, and I' on page 12
nd were practisin doon in the basement. on page 29

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ld mak oot throu the dwaiblie basement licht that the laddie wis wei on page 95

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Muckle Michty Neep, (self-published 2021) Central, poetry
That bides in the basement o the hoose!’
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e, it hid been in the bargain basement o Cocky Hunter's warehoose fo on page 29

1 matches

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
Her basement windae on page 123

1 matches

Southern

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