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Use in varieties of Scots

sawdust Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 7.4 19.2 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2714 12 1 0 0 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of sawdust in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
lk wis lowin braw wi a puckle sawdust an shavins an cuttins o flair on page 86

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ll.' At that he spat inti the sawdust. The spit wis aa bleck, but o on page 71

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Sawdust,' he wid say, proodly, "is wa on page 16
aw ah dae is mix in a load o sawdust wi the oil in the gearbox and on page 17
t's even mair foutie than the sawdust. It's feechie. Ye're cheatin on page 19
lang, even when he wis pittin sawdust in the gear-boxes on page 24
, every wan at a guid profit. Sawdust in the gear-boxes, the electr on page 44
Also on pages 151
7 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
sent day (ane o the inns haes sawdust fluirs). The acteivities o tw on page 120

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
Sawdust on page 58
wey makkin twa bob in total. 'Sawdust' is ma nondyploom!' on page 59

2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Cannae see oot the windae for sawdust ????(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- ffs lol - awa n clear the sawdust fae atween eer lugs cos there (2020) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
er Jonsar Eck wis teemin some sawdust
n says, "I see you hiv a affa sawdust lyin aboot. Fit are you gaun
sawdust the morn." Jonsar Eck gaed th
sawdust in ower his bogie. As the the
time." Weel the fermer cawed sawdust fae Jonsar Eck's
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
et an blaik buits wheepin the sawdust fleer wi his lang wheep cryin
inno a pail, sypin-weet pishy sawdust anna. Syne he
ll teen tae get mair strae an sawdust fur beddin. Puir Geordie wis
3 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
spat reflectively across the sawdust in the sale ring. on page 20

1 matches

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