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Use in varieties of Scots

orphan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.2 0 0 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences1512 0 0 0 2 1
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of orphan in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ither - juist like ane o his orphan lambies. on page 33
1685-1711 - THE ORPHAN LASS on page 65

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
I'll awa and get yer puir wee orphan sisters." on page 91
"Aye aye, orphan," he said, "Up at the crack o on page 95
cht, Klaus wis the Baudelaire orphan sleepin aw ~ wanrestfu in the on page 113
The auldest Baudelaire orphan wis aboot tae grab her sister on page 122
"There's the last orphan," the hook-haundit mannie sai on page 128
Also on pages 150, 153
8 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
avaigin' dowie as the warld's orphan, on page 63

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
yin. Bit ma mither did her ‘orphan frae the storm’ bit. Got th
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
1. Orphan: Kennawha (1st Century BC)
ORPHAN
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Daniel's no an orphan. His ma's alive." on page 16

1 matches

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