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Use in varieties of Scots

gears Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 3.6 4.5 19.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences147 3 2 0 0 2
Number of authors10 4 2 2 2

Occurrences of gears in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hert was in his mooth as the gears crashed an the motor roared. on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e doolie hus been crashin the gears so that they're aw scruntit a on page 16

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n cerise an had six different gears, Ma ma wisnae keen on her get on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
otions o pulleys, levers, and gears, and she didnae want tae get on page 3
nae be bothered wi books. The gears in Violet's ingenious brain g on page 12
neatly in twa. "Aw hoachin wi gears and pulleys and wires and a f on page 59
t oot o her een, it meant the gears and levers o her inventin bra on page 111

4 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ht, noo?" Davie rippit up the gears. on page 30

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ie bottle. As he crunched the gears o his truck in his haste tae
his mountain bike wi sixteen gears, ("A'a forrit nae ony reverse
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
then manoeuvered through the gears and I cheust followed suit. on page 7

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an Minx wae hids walnut dash, gears crunch, on page 47

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
whut wuz the metther wae the gears or the soon or veesion; whath on page 49

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
green Raleigh wi three speed gears o the Sturmey Archer type
1 matches

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