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Use in varieties of Scots

stairvin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 3.6 7.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences137 5 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of stairvin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
imum that will keep them frae stairvin, and the lave he taks for him on page 6

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ufficient aye tae keep ye fae stairvin. An these things were set up on page 95

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
sie tae drink frae? Gif ye're stairvin dae ye turn up yer neb on page 114

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nd it made him look radge and stairvin aw at wance. "Hullo, ma bairn on page 22
isonous, and onyweys, she wis stairvin. Klaus stairtit eatin as weel on page 73
t?" Violet said. "She must be stairvin efter hingin oot thon touer w on page 154

3 matches

Sangster, Maureen Lallans 73 - Stars, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Twinklan, the unemployed, stairvin, liftan heids up tae the hill on page 56

1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ye taks ages tae byle fan yer stairvin. on page 42

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah'm stairvin, fit's fur denner?(2016) search twitter
Aats jis coorse, ah’m stairvin! https://t.co/tYTesvs5Ad(2018) search twitter
hink aat’s nae eneuch, ah’m stairvin! https://t.co/XpxFy0x7bW(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@Fionasstalker @DoricPhrases stairvin'(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A weeda-wumman, stairvin coul, on page 28

1 matches

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