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Use in varieties of Scots

figir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 0 15.1 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences110 10 1 0 0 0
Number of authors2 1 1

Occurrences of figir in Corpus

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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Noo, ere's a nice figir." An undettered Eric noddit i on page 15
She run er hans ower er ample figir. on page 28
t atween imsel an the ghostly figir oan the grun. on page 78

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up an maintainin ma oorglaiss figir - weel, bein on page 58
Ah canna see nae odds in yer figir," said Alec, leenin oota the on page 68
"Bit it least she'd a nice figir." on page 69
figir..." He laid his heid on ae si on page 70
soapy watter. He saa her tiny figir encased in a flooery cross-ow on page 90

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
uperficial things like a slim figir ~ ere's much mair te some' dy on page 39

2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
peleen ouïr kaindleenes as A figir oot whit A’m traiän tae de
1 matches

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