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Use in varieties of Scots

pistol Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 11.7 9.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2822 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 8 2

Occurrences of pistol 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
tness o His cause. Wi an auld pistol in his belt, an a short roust on page 34
a dun mare whase rider had a pistol aimed at the heid o Dauvit Ha on page 37
urned his attention - an the pistol butts an sword hilts o his tr on page 45
his horse, he drew his saddle pistol an went forrit as John Broun on page 47
ader, ane Peter Inglis, had a pistol pyntit at auld Tammas's heid. on page 59
Also on pages 61, 64
9 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
She wheechs a pistol fae her knickers. on page 40
She wheechs the pistol fae her knickers. on page 47

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
were maskit an they pyntit a pistol at his heid an demandit, 'Gie on page 105
masks an ane o them showin a pistol cried fer James tae 'Haud up! on page 106

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the driver pugs his pistol oot on page 44

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
kt, ma hauns hovering ower ma pistol grips - chink-chink-chink o
beneath the rail. Ah lost ma pistol there. The wan wi baith the p
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
shot tae canister, a bag o’ pistol ba’s which spread oot in a
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
men. He defended himsel wi a pistol an got awa as far as the Cast

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
p wi them fur that cud mean a pistol tae the heid or a fine, or pr

@Chazzbat tweeted
on a wee drive wi Doug, an no pistol whip a confession oot o him r(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
d that like it was a starting pistol. She stymied @MartinJKeatings (2022) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. The search team hid found a pistol, and nae an ordinary pistol.
, and nae an ordinary pistol. This wiz a pistol designed f
. This wiz a pistol designed for assassination, i
designed tae fit the special pistol. But the maist amazing bit hi
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
His intention wiz tae get the pistol fae the station that wiz keep
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
gn as such until the starting pistol is fired, I widnae underestim (2022) twitter link

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