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Use in varieties of Scots

clown Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 10.3 18.1 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3520 12 1 0 2 0
Number of authors17 7 8 1 1

Occurrences of clown in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
'Ya bloody clown, ye! That's you aw oer the ba on page 8

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
usly before openin it. It's a clown necklace. Silver wi a rainbow on page 7
n an occasional dagger at the clown necklace. Sandra must huv pre on page 8
'There's ainlie wan clown in this room,' Da says. 'And on page 14
ite hursel when she spotted a clown in a box and told us it hud b on page 32

7 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Whit ye bloody playin at ya clown, get up!’ ah sais, turnin t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kin aw that racket? Ya bloody clown, ye! Here, gies yer haun.’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a status as a complete fuckin clown is further assured wae each a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Don’t worry aboot me ya clown. Ah’m a wiry cunt, fuckin t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
thin tae thank the big simian clown fur as Pearcey appears at his
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Or clown, wi’ yon, dynamic cheek,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘Ya bloody clown, ye! That’s you aw oer the
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
cause a dinnae consider you a clown but ?? respect for you janey(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
illy-Fisher Supreme, BoJo the Clown. ??(2020) search twitter

@Sinethugcat tweeted
Clown government hasnae a clue fit (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ver made that fixture up is a clown - as fir asda a widnae ken - (2020) twitter link
he stock cars big man? your a clown lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
though I lach an I act like a clown on page 90
An here's anither clown ye kin see, on page 155

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
then Jeems wis aye a bit o a clown. Bit Andra hid better things on page 86

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ging tae the circus tae see a clown,” cried Mysie Wabster, “W
clown here.”
2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
This clown grasser @scottda95388967 his (2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 Jist a clown min(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
! Fer crying oot lood! What a clown that man is #GordonGinoAndFre(2018) search twitter
e 50’s! Yon blooming yapping clown barmaid needs tae sell kebabs(2019) search twitter
So yon clown barmaid at the Fittie Bar dec(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ey Dinna get mi gan aboot aht clown.(2020) search twitter

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
be an indy supporter and this clown liked yer comment.(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
d back doon bit I felt such a clown. on page 72

1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
n, Corbyn. Even with BoJo the clown! It’s high time, we should f(2020) search twitter
that Red Tory! Even Bozo the Clown and his henchmen! ???????(2020) search twitter