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Use in varieties of Scots

boast Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.3 0.5 4.8 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences71 3 0 0 0 3
Number of authors6 1 2 3

Occurrences of boast in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ho and hauf-turnin it intae a boast): "H'r'm! Whit's gaun on?" on page 43

1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Dinna boast, aye, aye, aye, dinna boast on page 80

2 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
nd to send it tae ma uncle to boast tae him and tae ma dad becaus
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Oor bank accoont wus boast. on page 46

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Can aa in beauty boast. on page 41

1 matches

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
e in ma hert A’m the like o boast bress or less a tinglin cymba
1 matches

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