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Use in varieties of Scots

cucumber Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 3.6 9 0 11.6 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences197 6 0 2 2 2
Number of authors11 5 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of cucumber in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
st possible it'd fell intae a cucumber frame, or that. on page 37
ss. "There's a fair number ae cucumber-frames oot there, onywey!" th on page 38

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
hat it had mebbe fell intae a cucumber frame, or somethin like it. on page 35
gless. "There must be a wheen cucumber frames!" thoeht Alison. "I wu on page 37

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
full o the usual selection o cucumber and tuna sandwiches, mini sau on page 4

1 matches

@jamieonkeys tweeted
past ~20 year. Queer as Folk, Cucumber/Banana and It’s a Sin are th(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the swing park on wed - the cucumber sandwiches tae lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Sixty sabies, wi' cucumber an aa on page 167

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ssible id hed fallen intill a cucumber frame, or somethin o e sort. on page 34
roken gless. "What a number o cucumber-frames air mosst be!" thoucht on page 36

2 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
fly in Jenners, sandwiches wi cucumber – I like cucumber but it di
– I like cucumber but it disna like me, keps co
2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ssible at he wis faan intae a cucumber-frame, or somethin o da kind. on page 37
kken gless. "For sic a lock o cucumber-frames dey most be!" tocht Al on page 38

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ossible eet hed fa'en intae a cucumber frame, or somethin o th sort. on page 35
broken giess. "Whit a load o cucumber-frames there must b'!" thocht on page 37

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t jest micht hae fell intae a cucumber frame, or somethin. on page 37
"Thur maun bae a wile lock o cucumber-frames here!" thocht Alice. " on page 38

2 matches

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