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Use in varieties of Scots

coats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 9 9.6 9.9 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2617 6 1 0 1 1
Number of authors23 15 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of coats in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ans huv git jeans on n duffle coats n parkas. Big Kenzie isnae th on page 21

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
No ainly has twa wolfskin coats, on page 47

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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
They couried doun intae their coats, poued up their collars an le on page 64
Nae mair in leather coats he'll deal on page 115

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
dentical three-in-wan Tregijo coats. Linsey an Heather are always on page 169

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Rennie, Susan The Teeger that Cam for his Tea, (Floris Kelpies 2018 ISBN: 978-1782504665) Central, weans
a braw idea. We'll pit on oor coats an we'll gang doon the road t on page 23

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Men in white coats wi syringes!, Come tae tak hi on page 48

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Maist coats would be hingin by a thread e on page xvii
nyway. They' ve some gorgeous coats oan the flair below the reste on page 54

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
awa intae the toun in oor fur coats buyin up silk stockins an nic on page 120

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
weather we war happit in nap coats agin the snell winds, but sti
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
. Boffin gadgies wi white lab coats hae delvit weill intil it and
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
y’re biscuit-ersed an their coats are on shoogly pegs. In years
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
some o they dicks in the rid coats. I still kept in touch wi som
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ts an pu’in thair sheepskin coats ticht aboot thaim. Bill sprei
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
one ae the birk lady’s fur coats that didnae quite fit. She wi
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
only some ither men in white coats wid arrive tae tak him awa. H(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
heid The timmer a deen wi twa coats on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
el kent fir bein ticht es twa coats o pint. He'd nivver spint a s on page 74

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
coats tain haud o ma airm. A haidna
haid badges peend tae thair coats. A think it said ‘Philateli
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ce. Shelfs, shoes on racks an coats hingin up. A hunker doon in t
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The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
in at the kettle wi their big coats on.
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
id hid in the window whar the coats lay in a heap. on page 74

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Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ers Howay, man we dinnae have coats oan us!! Fur them doon sooth!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Fae tha red-coats in ninety-echt? on page 20

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