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Use in varieties of Scots

bruised Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 5.7 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1511 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors13 9 3 1

Occurrences of bruised in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
laddies in here. Yin ae thum bruised, hysterical. The rest, fur aw on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the younger man. Bluidied an bruised, under great pressure an trap on page 45

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ised. His knuckles look a bit bruised, but since he's no mentioned on page 39

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n an affy state. His face wis bruised, his claes torn an glaury an on page 30

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
maist certainly tae spare any bruised egos. If somewan takes it the on page 25

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
pplause. The only hing that's bruised is Cathy's ego. Once the foam on page 13

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Weir's boot bruised reeds. Cauf-deep, on page 112

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Bit bruised, that’s aa. Are ye aa richt
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
oken teeth, a smashed finger, bruised all over from the fall doon t
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
a torch oan his battered and bruised puss. Ah gee him an ominous s
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@billykayscot tweeted
weeds rakin leaves an cowpin bruised aipples. Bein a guid Ayrshire(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it the wik-en: fullin bags o bruised corn; forkin neeps inte the h on page 88

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
his hens, sometimes oats were bruised (Squashed) for
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
k hair, the quinie's heid wis bruised an mattit wi bluid. Minnie's
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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Yir thinkan o a piece o bruised fruit, a fist on page 108

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