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Use in varieties of Scots

devil's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.3 3.2 0 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences76 0 1 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of devil's in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e take a wee bump ae the auld devil's dandruff aff yees anaw.' on page 11

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
For angels' wings (or devil's back): This horse shall serve on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wis gaun'ae stay away fe the Devil's Water fur lang. on page 51
en she said the drink wis the Devil's Water ~ fur aw there wis nae on page 75

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the Devil's thing!" Then satyrs an wummen on page 112

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ic as "baudran" (the cat) or "Devil's pictur'd beuks" (playin caird
1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu his wan devil's mark. on page 16

1 matches

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