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Use in varieties of Scots

daggers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 2 4.4 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences84 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors7 3 3 1

Occurrences of daggers in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
whaur, and his shiny een shot daggers at the bairns. In wan haund, on page 140

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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
urity guard who’s drawin me daggers as he hauds the door open.
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in her windae shut, drawin me daggers fae under her incongruous man
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nudge nudge wink wink - the daggers r oot! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
i lad say's, "Fyle geein ma a daggers." So aye say's, "Am heer tae on page 61

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
laad," sput Muggie, giein it daggers it Cora's back. "Ah thocht sh on page 59

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
-green snakes, an dragons, an daggers, an things; there wis even a
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th works!" hei added, lookin daggers at th Mairch Hare. on page 68

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