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Use in varieties of Scots

shave Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 7.2 9 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2114 6 0 0 1 0
Number of authors17 11 5 1

Occurrences of shave in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
eys 'Hiz onny yin coft "efter-shave" fur Archibald?' (Cissie dizn on page 80

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Shave masel jist as smooth on page 101

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she's got hardly any hair tae shave cause it's aw wee grey wispy on page 94
Ah don't know why guys never shave under thir airm pits. That ur on page 95

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
gorillas that are needin tae shave twa-three times a day. on page 3

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
e o Chianti, a bath, haircut, shave, an a ride for less than a sh on page 136

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
he Sabbath mornin she gart me shave mysel till my chafts were lik
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
When he reached fir his Efter Shave, disaster followed almost imm
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
on nightshift, I decided tae shave the lot off.. I liked it.. Wh (2023) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
a shame thit Tim cudnae hae a shave fer his nuptials. Touther! #C(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
sie said ah wasnae allowed to shave! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ian_Pacey ad hud a shower n a shave tae n hud ma wallyford bluebe (2020) twitter link
ter eeve used a bic blade tae shave - njoy brother lol (2020) twitter link
yes1108 ffs al need tae get a shave n dab a wee bit perfume oan s (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He'd plenty after-shave an soap on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wis absolutely yoamin o after-shave. on page 47

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
spreadin the shave oot. Jonsar Eck pinted this o
shave oot the drum widnae hae time
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
oop ower yir moo efter a guid shave wi a brush and foam. Nippy bu(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
ssCounty @HibernianFC He must shave the top of his fore heed ever(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A' think I'll pass on his wet shave on page 9

1 matches

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