Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

meagre	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.8	3.6	3	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	9	7	2	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	6	4	2

Occurrences of meagre 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
un threshin an winnowin their meagre crap o grain; drivin their sc on page 55

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
His cherished books, the meagre selection, on page 17
t his faither wis 'puir oan a meagre fairm'; thair's ither evidenc on page 100
Mibbes even wan frae ma meagre pile! on page 144

3 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
eats naethin he'll ayewis be meagre. on page 28

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
His cherished beuks, the meagre selection,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
at it!’ he sais, haudin the meagre sliver ay soapbar oot in fron
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ready meal section, giein the meagre selection a scan. Efter judgi on page 72

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
omebody wiz up and aboot. Her meagre belongings wrapped in an aal
1 matches