A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cursory Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 2.1 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences54 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of cursory in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
The man gied her a cursory nod. He seemed tae ken the dr on page 1

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
The rest is participial. This cursory examination is eneuch tae sug on page 18

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
see; ah nod ay the heid or a cursory wink. Maist offer some sort a
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
e in front e' ri oven efter a cursory howdoo fur yours truly. 'E ay
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
; the fallaen skreivens ir ae cursory accoont o hou things wur, esp
1 matches

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