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Use in varieties of Scots

pillow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.2 3.2 0 0 11.6 0 8.8
Number of occurrences106 0 0 2 0 2
Number of authors10 6 2 2

Occurrences of pillow in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
oantae a pillow shaped bi you fir me. on page 54

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ectit back aff the presst low pillow o damp cloud, smotherin aa wo
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the bedroom. Ma heid hits the pillow, and ah’m oot like a licht.
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ir, and I rest my head on the pillow. I feel my jaw oot o line. I
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ae her bed. Heid back oan her pillow, her extremities tinglin, she
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
heid rested back oan th' lush pillow 'n' ah teuk loads o deep brea
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Dat night, I grett intae my pillow as if I wid nivver stop. In d on page 20

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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
slept with her head under the pillow?” he read. “The fairies t
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the tears she gurnt intae hir pillow fur her freen's ma. on page 1

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Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
rlie hides it richt unner his pillow
1 matches

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