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Use in varieties of Scots

slabs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 5.8 3.2 19.9 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences1611 2 2 0 1 0
Number of authors12 7 2 2 1

Occurrences of slabs in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
te fingurs an crashes oan the slabs. Wine an broken gless flee ev on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wey thru the auld flat grave slabs at his feet an atween the big on page 65
wey thru the auld flat grave slabs at his feet on page 68
, iron railins pit ower grave slabs tae deny access tae the Burke on page 108

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
densation, as the bison built slabs tower on page 82

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
k-up deckt wi chains an metal slabs an hatchets. It wiz a scunner
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bin swept clear bit the slate slabs an fractured concrete wiz sli
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The thick slabs ay granite that comprise the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
really caves but massive rock slabs leavin’ easily explorable s
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
his - the glow aff the pavin slabs n the hoose is stunning - we (2020) twitter link
ure tae wipe ma feet oan thae slabs brother - weel done (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hairtless wauchts o snaa. Yon slabs an blocks noo reenged the bra
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tent o the auld Gaelic grave slabs in Clonca in Ulster tae ken a
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ks built aroond id an twatree slabs o concrete laid ower the tap. on page 20

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ck tae the hoose an ontae the slabs. on page 35

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
heisan the slabs back on the cowped dykes, on page 129

1 matches

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