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Use in varieties of Scots

buckle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.1 4.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences128 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors11 7 3 1

Occurrences of buckle 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

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ich nearly causes its legs to buckle and fur me and Craig tae run on page 75

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ped in front wi a huge siller buckle. 'The bowsie hurdies that kyt on page 77
ma belt and leather ye wi the buckle end!' on page 158

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
table feels like it's gonnae buckle under the weight ae this fuck on page 173

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Moose watch wi a braw siller buckle, on page 23

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe on page 34

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e.” He pit his haun tae the buckle o his sate belt. “What the
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e get tae ma feet but ma legs buckle again under me, Daniel an his
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Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
tak I've broken ma belt at i'buckle on page 175

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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e the street. My knees gave a buckle at the sight as I imagined ai
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Sunti Claus scud buckle box wi aifter eicht mints fae(2017) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
whan a got thair A near tuk a buckle, on page 56

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