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rifle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 6.9 17.6 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2613 11 1 0 0 1
Number of authors14 9 3 1 1

Occurrences of rifle in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
deein bird shot wi a hunter's rifle. He said tae me: on page 84

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
he's a sojer yet - aye daein rifle dreel wi bits o wuid an stram on page 26

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ueen and capitalism "Here's a rifle, son. Go oot and shoot cunts" on page 90
Ma weapon ae choice wisnae a rifle or a chisel, it wis a library on page 91

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
n ae Celtic an jist aboot tae rifle a volley intae the tap coarne on page 3

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
- 'you come, wait here, give rifle' - but here thir was that mu on page 76

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
bbin fae haudin the lourdsome rifle abuin the fanklin corn. Syne, on page 17

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
a lad fae the Gorbals wi nae rifle, nae wappen at aa, nae map an
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tendin til her kit, cleanin a rifle or polishin hame-made bullets
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
e when ah had a go wi ehs air rifle. Fir a vegetarian, Rents, ye'
1 matches

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Inspector Tait wis armed wi a rifle, which he cockit an filled wi
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ed an 3-1 oil that coated the rifle. Naebody really kent far the
oon teen oot the bolt for the rifle an a single round o .222 ammu
Afore movin aff he loaded the rifle an snapped on the safety catc
wa, he teen the round fae the rifle an pit it intae hes pouch ala
tuary o the bogie, he pit the rifle back in its cover an back dou
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fles so it wiz haan tae haan, rifle butts or using entrenchin too
GROSSA BROW!” and fired his rifle. The bullet hut Douglas richt
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ld and tae hud the butt o yer rifle ower yer bawsacks. The Jerrie
that if a bullet did hit yer rifle butt then it widna be neen wo
is gungapooch and a shattered rifle butt. Jesus! Thinkin aboot it
3 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
rifle aboot, try an play hid on page 28

1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
bot she' like a pu-thru fur a rifle'. on page 23

1 matches

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