A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

skiffed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3.6 0 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences97 0 0 0 2 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of skiffed in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
lay on the icedower loch. He skiffed stanes ower the ice and the l on page 18

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t the Flunkey's heid: it jist skiffed his nose, an smashed tae bits on page 57

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
tness too – blue sky barely skiffed wi cloud.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
me tae the guairds. But as he skiffed past, I slippit the twine an
Sae Hippomenes skiffed the third aipple awa tae Atal
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
tae jine the screivin oan the skiffed watchcloth. Wullie cuid nivve
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sleep. Her chin an hause wis skiffed be the stibble o his beird. S
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
at th Fitman's heid: eet jist skiffed eis neb, an broke intae piece on page 56
readin oan hur taes when they skiffed pass gie close, an wavin thei on page 99

2 matches

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