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Use in varieties of Scots

elegant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.1 1.5 0 5.8 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences126 1 0 1 2 2
Number of authors9 4 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of elegant in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
this elegant thimble"; an, when it'd feene on page 29

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
seat. Oot comes a middle aged elegant looking boay wae readin gless on page 52

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ng yaised tae dae, in the ilk elegant, auld-farrant Mandarin: Menâ€
ther body’s luif, bit wi an elegant flourish. His muvements cam f
hey advanced an retiret wi an elegant motion. She stoppit, an Raggl
3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
sea lapped the saun’ wi' an elegant swish
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"We beg yer acceptance o iss elegant thimble"; an, when id hed fin on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
very kindly tae accept dis elegant timmle"; an whin he wis feeni on page 29

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Oo beg eer acceptance o this elegant thimble"; an, when eet hed fe on page 27

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
r’s Wynd is nou the ‘more elegant’ Baker Lane is proudlie pos
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the the braid open space, the elegant windaes an haughty ceilins. on page 48

2 matches

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