A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gowpen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.2 1.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences43 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of gowpen in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
d that's whit I did. I took a gowpen o thae stoorie huils and syne on page 17

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ases and bane, a gowpen o stour, on page 25

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Mrs Mawhinney stid back, gowpen it her haundiwark. 'Richt, we on page 37

1 matches

Doric

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
hanfu’ o’ trade is worth a gowpen o’ gold” (even a little kno (2020) twitter link