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Use in varieties of Scots

boax Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 21.1 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4341 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 12 1 1

Occurrences of boax in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ually she spottit a wee gless boax that wis lyin unner the table on page 14
her poacket, an pulled oot a boax ae comfits, (the salt-watter on page 28
s oot at me hke a Jack-in-the-boax, an up ah goes hke a skyrocke on page 39
s ointment - yin shillin the boax - D'ye want me tae sell ye a on page 37
e no the sherpest tool in the boax, ir ye?" on page 94
Also on pages 107, 112, 114
10 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
a minute, ah sais, openin the boax an liftin the two books (Dubl on page 10

2 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ller... bonnie... a cigarette boax... yinst I get it back frae a on page 139

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ah laid the boax ae painkillers alongside the on page 13
wey he's twitchin inside the boax. That Aldo's words are gittin on page 108
l that ah'll be stoned oot ma boax soon enough tae jist fae the on page 132
d crashed oot in front ae the boax efter watchin Goodfellas fur on page 155
in taewards a large and empty boax ae a room. He opens the door on page 161
Also on pages 186
6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ily pit it intae a wee widden boax he had, and treisure it like on page 6

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Soap-Boax Major (wance her friend), Wil on page 47
at nicht tae keek in ma cash boax!' on page 106

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
gly!' drappin throu ma letter boax tae be reviewed. But nou an a on page 132

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
iy ah’m leavin here is in a boax.’ That wis five years ago n
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e bridge hawdin a polystyrene boax ae chips an cheese.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ogan's fur ten Widbines an' a boax a' matches. A dunnit tae gerr
e furra a hauf unce a shag, a boax a' matches an' a packet a' pa
2 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
y thi auld songs oan thi juke boax, yi sing alang, they`re a lau
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the mullet makin him drap the boax ay cutlery he’s kerrien tae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
inute.’ ah sais, openin the boax an liftin the two books (Dubl
evellin it roughly oot in the boax an placin the books back oan
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
link when the hing is oan the boax. He loves nuttin maire than a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
wey ae tellin me tae turn the boax oan. Cos it’s comin up fur
hilled oot at the fore ae the boax. Though the delectable flavou
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ure ah’ve goat a date wae a boax ae Kleenex this Saturday. Ahâ
ddle aged wuman hudin a large boax in her airms.
She smiles and places the boax in ma airms ‘’That’s al
3 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
ited an booted fir openin the boax mind(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
s em tae!! A hus hunners in a boax!(2020) search twitter
Yas! Hannibal boax set.. 7 oors o addishanel foo(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
e lang legs and pit yer piece boax ben the scullery an no oan ma (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Mumzy Darling. Ye hiv yer awn boax. on page 40

1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
his place wull be lake an ice-boax afore ower lang". Wullie pued on page 17

1 matches

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