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Use in varieties of Scots

gable Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 4.3 0 0 0 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences118 0 0 0 1 2
Number of authors11 8 1 2

Occurrences of gable in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
lace, nae ruif, three waws, a gable-end wi a hole whaur the bell on page 16

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
the ithers tae set anent the gable end o the muckle barn. They e on page 6

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ir backs tae the stack at the gable-en o the cot-hous; herdin the on page 55

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
said made him look like Clark Gable ~ an headed oot. He hadna gon on page 91

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
me. Ah love Clark efter Clark Gable, but it's a daft notion noo. on page xix

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
nnae mynd stottin a baw aff a gable-en. on page 9

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
one, the fire goes cauld, the gable chimbley on page 107

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Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
get behind the gable she's fae the social wit a li
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
lik gable-ens of hooses haudin doon on page 144

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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah left hir that night at the gable on page 21

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@the_gellick tweeted
hae a #bonfire forenenst oor gable waa. Hooaniver, I hae it sort (2015) twitter link

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