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Use in varieties of Scots

billies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 2.1 12.8 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences154 8 0 0 0 3
Number of authors10 4 4 2

Occurrences of billies in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Her faither wis grand billies wi fear nou, for it wis doggi on page 21

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
An loggers swirled billies o roasted tea on page 16

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
"Thu soudna latten billies bund in bluid on page 87

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
his ee – feggs, thae boozin billies hae lang syne gane:
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Fan chapman billies wi Calvin's Institutes in the on page 57

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n he says till them, "Ye're e billies att like tae impress fowk wi on page 108
be hannit ower till e forrin billies, they'll lauch at him, malaga on page 111
o human oreegin?" Noo e wily billies saa att gin they said, "Fae h on page 113

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
And i'billies fa hide emsels ahent I'wa on page 134
spendin sim billies hard earnt pey. on page 192
An fan i' doomfuntert billies look up at i'meen on page 197

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tellin them they war fair the billies noo. Donald Chalmers frae Dun
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ortin oniebodie in tha hoose, billies or freens)
* veesitin billies or freens;
2 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
art thaim lauch. The wur auld billies thairsels forbye. Cosie, tha
1 matches

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