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Use in varieties of Scots

shuts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 5.1 3 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1410 2 1 0 1 0
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of shuts 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
That shuts the cunt up. on page 11

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
s shut the wey a young flooer shuts afore the gloamin an mairrage on page 55

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n folleyin her. The back door shuts, cuttin aff the wedge ae lich on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o shushin an tuttin, awboadie shuts up an turns tacwards him. He on page 72

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
s me richt up tae ma room and shuts the door ahint him, and then on page 37

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
uit in the till! Nou,' and he shuts the rest o the door on the oo on page 72

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
s as he gaes by "...the laich-shuts at grun-level..." The descriv
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He comes in an shuts the door oer. ‘Where’d ye
as the door opens an swiftly shuts.
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s us a reassurin glance as he shuts the door oer, then they’re
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
se tell us when this hostelry shuts?" They speert at Erchie - th on page 15

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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
d hear ma hert thumpin, an he shuts the door again.
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
screen. A flist o Light. Sheu shuts her een but feels the sair lo on page 45

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Southern

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