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Use in varieties of Scots

chancer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 10.3 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2120 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 9 1

Occurrences of chancer 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

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
him, he wis the decrepit auld chancer again. I turned awa, feelin t on page 78

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
He's a fuckin chancer, but eis no a bad mover on page 100

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
that chancer Rufillus reeks o eftirshave, on page 111
Buik 1 Satire 9: "Chancer' on page 123
this chancer fu weel. We stopt. 'Hullaw,' on page 126
i the wuin. Suddentlike, the chancer's rival on page 127

9 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e can only rid oorsels o this chancer syndrome wi writin throu oor on page 6
eeteracy. Thay owercame thair chancer syndrome for tae write in Sco on page 8

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
us that Coont Olaf is a pure chancer. C'mon, hurry up and get yer on page 101

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
wyers: MacClutchie, Swick and Chancer, on page 123

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
m. Folk said he wis a bit o a chancer sae Hercules took alang fower on page 34
ick him. He wid never see the chancer again and he'd be left here g on page 47

2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
on attendant or jist some wee chancer o’ a Granda ye’ve jist pa
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
r shut an thought “This wee chancer’s goanna get it if he comes
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
yes sir, no sir” tae ivery chancer that scleusht in the door wi
1 matches

Doric

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
u get? Just think of that wee Chancer telling the City of Aiberdeen (2020) twitter link