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Use in varieties of Scots

bouncer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 11.6 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2623 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of bouncer in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ear intae mah very heart - a bouncer. Ah don't get oan too well wi on page 4
r tae the door an there's the bouncer poking her nose in. Ah better on page 5
awn an in comes that big daft bouncer. Her ponytail swishin back an on page 8
Ah bid the bouncer lassie good night an head bac on page 9
the staff quarters bit an the bouncer lassie fae last night is staw on page 19
Also on pages 20, 21, 22, 24, 28
17 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, a big guard stauns ootside, bouncer posture, erms folded. on page 3

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tae the ten pin bowlin an the bouncer let them in cause Kelly Marie on page 169

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
aws. He heard a grunt fae the bouncer which wiz aimed tae wan eh hi
wi a squeak "Aye, a dae." The bouncer takes it aff um and looks at
2 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
She'd mibbe be a guid bouncer? https://t.co/2XkwbWNlcM (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
The bouncer gied him a probin look. on page 44
preen-heidit gype!' said the bouncer pluntin hissel richt in front on page 45

3 matches

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