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shovin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 3.7 12.8 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences167 8 0 0 0 1
Number of authors12 7 4 1

Occurrences of shovin in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n horses shoutin at thaim, an shovin thaim forrit. It wis her fait on page 46

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, an at the same time she wis shovin a chocolate eclaire in her gu on page 137

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n ye gae, Granda,” he said, shovin an gangin on by wi a leuch. T
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah says, shovin Boabby doon ontae wanny the b
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
h the newspaper, periodically shovin’ it inches fae ma face n as
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t. “Eat it,” Guzul sayed, shovin a bowl intae his hauns, “or
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@weenell3 tweeted
en78 ?????? two by two... nae shovin! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e me as if they were literary shovin the bottle doon her throat. F on page 60

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e objeck o Enic's attintions, shovin awa is han es he tried te hel on page 19

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
r an gaed ower ti the windae. Shovin his haans in his pouches he s on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oota here," growled Morrice, shovin by Joyce's admirer. "Fit a ne on page 8
a bloody mannie!" he shoutit, shovin the belly duncer hard in the on page 16
the Attic...an noo, Ah'm jist shovin in time till the aifterneen f on page 84

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
door te Norman," said Duncan, shovin is hans inte the pooches o'is on page 13

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
o shovin, an screwin, the bobby manage
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Shovin lake buck mad. on page 18

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