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Use in varieties of Scots

shin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.2 10.6 8 19.9 63.9 21.9 17.7
Number of occurrences4420 5 2 11 2 4
Number of authors21 11 4 2 2 2 1

Occurrences of shin in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e him hoppin aboot haudin his shin, ragin. | on page 8

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
c a stushie whan yer mither's shin gat aw lairie,' snecked wee M on page 22

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
uckle daud o skin frae Adam's shin-bane. Nane o Bessie's salves on page 63

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
socks An some stopped at yer shin. on page 17

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rn out the brunt side o one's shin means tae be prood of yersel,
et out the burnt Side of your Shin, For Pride in Poets is nae Si
rn'd out the brunt side o' my shin at the idea of my Petition fo
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
She’d kicked ma shin! Weel, twa kin play that gemm
a demented loon an kicked ma shin again.
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
n' rat usually wakes me up as shin as it hits, lik' splashin' yu
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ye hae walked a mile in their shin!”
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Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
wis seevin' yur auld an' rey shin went ri wye e' ri furst yin.
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ten tae yersel’ Ye’d awfy shin begin tae tell Ye don’t hau
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Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Shin, they aw’ bolted an chased
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Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
ere cried the daft days, will shin be camin ben
ghts are fairly drawin in and shin afore ye ken
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e him hoppin aboot haudin his shin, ragin.
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
uld grandmither used tae sae 'shin' when she meant 'soon' as in (2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The butcher saa'ed an hackit Shin beens an knuckle beens Big be on page 15

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Syne lappin up near at thi shin, on page 6

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
o thing. Twa pund o the best shin-o-
haunds an muckle size shin. A wundert if ither airts o i
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Nae gamie fir me e’day, waa’shin’ ma yelly garters, a’ keech(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
e'll hit yir heid wae a pig's shin bone. on page 89

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@peediepuss tweeted
bbe better cry it the chicken shin, tae avoid ony mair huffs and (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t, plump! shö wis up tae her shin in saat watter. First shö to on page 21
shö wid aet a peerie bird as shin as look at him!" ' on page 31
hin gae her a dadd anunder da shin; hit wis her fit! on page 52
d startit dimmin awa juist as shin as he ms geen, an bi da time on page 88
y da richt heicht ta rest her shin apo Alice's on page 90
Also on pages 91, 92
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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Jesus' Cöshin on page 83

2 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
nent a resurrection faur owre shin) on page 144

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@StuartPoet tweeted
@molach95 Ah still say 'shin' aa the time an a wheen o ma (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r, fer the' wrocht at tha fïshin. "Cum an follae me," Jesus sa on page 4
owk wus croodit roon hïm, püshin an shuvin for tae hear tha Wu on page 77
r sayed, "Dominie, fowk ir püshin an a shuvin aa roon ye [an ye on page 84
praicht, an iveriebodie's püshin thair wye ïn. But that disna on page 98

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