A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

handfu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 4.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences109 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of handfu in Corpus

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Central

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
otside, tho Adam is a bit o a handfu, whiles. An there's the bairn on page 89

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
door burst open. an in cam a handfu o sodgers wi drawn swords in on page 24
weskit pocket he poued oot a handfu o wee banes an scatterit them on page 45
heir weemin tae be a generous handfu but they were keen on their g on page 55
on Dod's table and grabbed a handfu o hair at the back o his neck on page 61
ls, an Betty crackin on tae a handfu o her favourite regulars (a s on page 101
Also on pages 106, 126
7 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
otside, tho Adam is a bit o a handfu, whiles. An there's the bairn on page 89

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
faither drew fae the boxie a handfu o wee plastic birdies.
1 matches

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