A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bowsie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 3.7 1.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences87 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of bowsie in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
SOap on the screen. She wis a bowsie wumman whase hair wis dyed on page 20
wi a huge siller buckle. 'The bowsie hurdies that kythed fae unner on page 77

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
t daes an aw. Bet A git a big bowsie bleester. A big bowsie bleest on page 1

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
he Black Douglas cairryin the bowsie mon's hert. Cameo here frae B on page 27
its greens mair bowsie, on page 61

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n rived aw the sairer oan the bowsie ane's hair. on page 67

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
that growed war camshachalt, bowsie an tapsalteerie. Genetic engi
1 matches

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