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Use in varieties of Scots

knob Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.6 4.5 19.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences125 3 2 2 0 0
Number of authors9 4 3 1 1

Occurrences of knob in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
arpreet. Aye, ah said. Whit a knob, said Charlene. Want me tae o on page 58

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ched the wan wi the wee yella knob on the end o't. Strowth! The on page 118

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t thinkin. Nice one ya fuckin knob. Could ye huv thought ay a wa
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
igh, hard as anything. Ma ain knob is too spent tae twitch, but
t, and Sick Boy’s softening knob on full display.
2 matches

Doric

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
oapin aside it. He turned the knob, the door opened. He wiz rich
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
door knob an a room windae like the por
1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
Think il hae tae get a bigger knob(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A big, roond brass knob on the handle gaed crackan ac on page 61

2 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@itsJuliaHardy Wow whit a knob (2019) twitter link
@itsJuliaHardy Whit a knob!! (2019) twitter link