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Use in varieties of Scots

polisman Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 10.3 0 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2320 0 0 0 1 2
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of polisman in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
iver. No me, though. Sookin a polisman's dick's no ma thing.' on page 1

10 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Polisman clutchin the clipboard said, on page 51

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ame when Big Tam Davison, the polisman walked in. Course the pub wen on page 26
The polisman turned tae me. "You were wi h on page 27

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e dug Staun wes leised on the polisman
ug leishenced?” speired the polisman, aince sauf ower the
the Tron, giein it laldie. A polisman stappit out inti the tuim cau
3 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
startin’ point, ah’m no a polisman here) is tae juist let it a
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The polisman says tae me ‘Where wis you,
1 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
one just threw a frisbee at a polisman in Lenzie #ScotRiots(2015) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ying man, wis fur ae while ae polisman i Newcastle-upon-Tynne, bot w
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Says he tae the polisman, "Unless yaes are blin', on page 29

2 matches

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