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stealin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 14.4 8 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3527 5 0 2 0 1
Number of authors23 17 4 1 1

Occurrences of stealin 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 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'STEALIN MAH SEAT, AYE? AN NOO YER STE on page 7
n skelpin, arse feelin, phone stealin basturt. Unlucky, hen. on page 20

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
uggled wi the mental leap fae stealin a barge, somedy's property, t on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rants are comin over here and stealin oor joabs. Naeboady mentions on page 22
ro tolerance policy oan cunts stealin his customers." on page 71

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
white fowk had been langer at stealin the laun an cowpin indigenous on page 20

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
fat an she smells an she kept stealin evrubdy's chips that time she on page 47
money on bus fares. But it's stealin is it no. Naw, said ma da. It on page 54
aught shopliftin. They'd been stealin cans a hairspray an deodorant on page 169

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Cry it recompense fer stealin the wallet." on page 85

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ellt hur there's naught worth stealin in here - that the Sacred He on page 77

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
a bird ower the watters stealin - on page 19

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Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
t cot shopliftin. They'd been stealin cans a hairspray an deodrint on page 41

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
wis stealin her time and her siller.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
stealin twa three kisses as he daes,
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ythin’, still oan us, worth stealin’) an’ bayonetin’ surviv
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
weill, bit naethin worth the stealin, an naebody bothert thaim. He
weill, bit naethin worth the stealin, an naebody bothert thaim. He
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Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Tae the stealin o my yellow yellow yorlin
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
yer purse but she disny think stealin oot a shop is stealin. A lot
oot a shop is stealin. A lot of folk think lik that
profits that they were really stealin affy us (the workin classes h
™s sayin, well, ma daddy says stealin is stealin, and ah canny go a
is stealin, and ah canny go against his
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@pmcm1355 tweeted
s this gowk thit thinks we're stealin his "britishness". https://t. (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
h decided ah'd be better jist stealin it" ?????? https://t.co/RYpQB (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
by stealin i'quine o' his funcy on page 163

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
He wis sure it wis Cyaard wis stealin the jewellery, that he wis da on page 118

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Fit aboot stealin't?" suggested Jeems. "Aat wid on page 87

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ck, dinna be lik at; it wisna stealin; bairns’ll be bairns; he di
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@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor are ye stealin ma sheen?? x(2012) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"An dan da sheep stealin startit. Every time we caaed on page 73

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
she tae Esther, whose een wur stealin the distempered flouers on th on page 1

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