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Use in varieties of Scots

pilla Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 1.6 12.8 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences113 8 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 2 4

Occurrences of pilla 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

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
f five. A smother masel wae a pilla, but there’s nae point. A n
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ell man! Casually, ah pull ma pilla roon fae behind ma heid, plac
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ntae her gless ay port or her pilla at night. An ah telt her –
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a his tae pit yer heid on the pilla at necht an sleep." on page 99

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
pup pit is heid doon oan the pilla an lickit the eyn o'is nose, on page 64

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bed te see only a dint on the pilla far her heid shid've bin. Sig on page 17
lec sighed an lay back on the pilla. on page 68

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
A clear conscience ts a saft pilla." on page 15
h'd aye bi sure 0a saft enuch pilla fir ma heid. on page 41

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I nivir gie ye ma pilla on page 191

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
rely lift her heid up aff her pilla. She’s still managin tae br
1 matches

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