A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

boxie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 0 33.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences220 22 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 5

Occurrences of boxie 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.

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An a boxie o yird wis teen in for peer p on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ec's mebbe lyin it hame in is boxie." on page 24
At's a nice enuch boxie, he said t'imsel: a bra polis on page 74
h dinna think the laad in the boxie, ere," she noddit te far the on page 75

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
them 'live', in the wee chat boxie thing ower here." on page 55
i fit te cairry you is in yer boxie - wi three ither fowk te gie on page 70
ccasion cairds; a reed velvet boxie wi bitties o wirthless jewell on page 79

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
he packit me nicely in ma wee boxie on page 97

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
aa gweed-wull, takin a little boxie out her pouch. "Hae a byaakie on page 34
iller an stappit it awaa in a boxie, an syne she said "I niver pi on page 75

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ist, his faither drew fae the boxie a handfu o wee plastic birdie
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
w oot the tunin fork frae its boxie, and gaed forrit tae staun an
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ot frae her pooch a wee green boxie that she'd gotten frae her gr
bree an fished up a wee green boxie. Back in their hame craft, an
lies o tests, they liftit the boxie's lid an ––
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
nnie roses in a jam jar, an a boxie o chocolates stappit aneth he
ey stoppit at the sicht o the boxie. “Ye dinna mind keepin it?
Scrat, powkit the boxie. It wis full o leaves. There
“I’m giein her a boxie o sweeties wi traicily intimm
An he haundit ower a boxie o sweeties. “Mrs Scott.”
6 matches

Web Analytics