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Use in varieties of Scots

contraption Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 0.5 7.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences81 5 0 0 1 1
Number of authors6 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of contraption in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
She sits me doon, puts a contraption oantae ma finger and a cuff r
1 matches

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
kker the corners wi towe, the contraption cooried doon in its cloot on page 20

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
r twa. Fin he seen the muckle contraption that controlled the wires,
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
e in the mou about it. Bit es contraption jist gings its dinger an evry
fowk at bide in Buckie, your contraption 'ill type doric but it is a s
or a bit of a limmer it's es contraption thit winna dee fit it's tellt

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
“Whit are ye uptae on that contraption?” I’d jeest, sat at the t
1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Thon Weighpad contraption intrigued me, on page 57

1 matches

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