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Use in varieties of Scots

bowster Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 1.5 13.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences123 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 3 3

Occurrences of bowster 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an his heid slid back on the bowster. Slowly he turned his face ro on page 76

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a doitit auld gomeril wi his bowster, wad they? Naebody's richt in on page 47

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
I mak a bowster o the caller bink on page 10

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
oot eneuch fedders ti stap a bowster, yon bissum.' on page 40

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
he said til hersel, stellin a bowster roun the craig o Deedledee, " on page 60

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ine on the ferm tossed on her bowster an dreamt o the ghaistly laid
ovin Betsy her dallie ben the bowster fur fear that Isie wad flatte
the snaa hid laid a saft fite bowster, that wis criss-crossed bi th
ss tae lift his heid affo the bowster, an he whizzled an whizzled t
on, her heid fell back on the bowster an her een shut.
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
r fair hair like wheat on the bowster, her lang lashes happin her d
de the patient booed ower the bowster…nae sae much as a hello oot
2 matches

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