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shewin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 5.3 17.6 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2310 11 0 1 0 1
Number of authors14 4 8 1 1

Occurrences of shewin in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ssies lairnt aboot clootin an shewin claes an war telt hoo tae mak on page 21

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
by the fire, a young lass wis shewin a patch on the knees o a pair on page 25

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
ae get the chance tae dae ony shewin!”
But I’m jist gaun on wi ma shewin!”
m jist g-g-gaun on wi ma sh-shewin!” He wis wishin he wis back
g-g-g-gaun on wi ma sh-sh-sh-shewin!” ganted the wee tailor, bu
he manted, “wi ma sh-sh-sh-shewin!”
5 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ys. But she did hae a traivel shewin kit. She cud cloot up the war
ck o the lamasery, clootin an shewin. Beatrice tried tae learn as
wis drillin. The quate days o shewin on the balcony wis lang past.
3 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
s att yer fadders did awa wi, shewin att ye tak wi yer fadders' il on page 101

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
htest button in the box - er shewin machine's oot o threed an er on page 51

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
like a dallie an files like a shewin-box, an wes aye in the skelf on page 71

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
did some shewin. He thocht. "Och I'll get her
an did the shewin himsel. He wis affa roch, sti
reet bit the wifie at dis the shewin. Jonsar said."
3 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
o Edinbro Castle – she wis shewin’t for her American sister-i
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
and in nae time she wiz busy shewin. She heard the door open but
cook tellt her tae leave her shewin doon for eynoo and get some m
2 matches

Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
tylerin, dressmakin, aye shewin.
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Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
s and wires warpin ganzies an shewin gussets inta the hame wyiven

Shetland

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
affil herd wi her openwark an shewin’. She’d shewn tageedir an
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
shewin progress tae ither funders. T on page 39

1 matches

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