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Use in varieties of Scots

magnet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 6.7 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1613 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 7 3

Occurrences of magnet in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
d taewards it lik a pin tae a magnet. 'Naw!' he shouted as he grab on page 48

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s, eh? this wee hings a fanny magnet. Ah mean, she's practically g on page 154

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
feedin doun a lang line wi a magnet on the end. Nou they wuid fis on page 52

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 15
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 21
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 22

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tract this shit man; a fuckin magnet fur aggro, ah um, know whit a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ttin oot the noise, flung the magnet tae the man neist him, an tur
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- laddie seems tae b a babe magnet lol (2020) twitter link
aunMcC4llion an absolute babe magnet btw (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Attracts me jist like a magnet on page 181

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the side o’t like a fridge magnet and screamed oot o ma but the
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
oe_yer99 Shame it was a Danny magnet....erm it wisnae really (2022) twitter link

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