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Use in varieties of Scots

carvin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2.6 0 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences75 0 0 1 0 1
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of carvin in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ee knife an he goes tae start carvin. on page 173

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Carvin the heidstane o diphtheria on page 51

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
and a marble carvin o the puckin Last Supper oan on page 114

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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
crawaved while A wis dain' ri carvin'. A peel't wan e' rem wee min
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
rMDempster Oh, a wis hinkin o carvin a tumshie fur 'is year. Cheer(2020) search twitter

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ut tools ir da ELITE fir neep carvin (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
She cut aff their tails wae a carvin knife on page 16

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