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Use in varieties of Scots

tins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11 7.4 25.6 19.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences3414 16 2 2 0 0
Number of authors27 14 11 1 1

Occurrences of tins in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
wee bottles ae Irm-Bru n beer tins. The big man looks like the c on page 60

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
the midden. Napoleon sent for tins o black and white pent and le on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ce-mats, redd oot the biscuit tins, flambé the scones, on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ng team. There's only so many tins ae Heinz baked beans yae kin on page 87

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
siller cam fae the collectin tins. Jist as fae the verra stairt on page 106

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
cleanin graith - brushes and tins and stooriedusters. Weel noo, on page 24

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e toy kitchen. Maw always got tins o Quality on page 38

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
he'd mak me stilts wi treacle tins on page 58

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
g. He’s drunk noo, the twae tins ae lager he’s got left swin
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
across the road, got her some tins a soup an supernoodles, an ca
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e it yersel, aboot shortbread tins or the like. 'Tartan tat.' Ah
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ime. Naturally we did gie him tins o dug meat tae. He didnae lik
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
pepper/tomato stock cubes, 3 tins toms, oregano, paprika (both (2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
ly in the realms o shortbreid tins an tartan? Or somewhere in at (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
pear, so Ah've bocht in a few tins o dog food as an alternative. on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"An Ah can aye smell the tins o creamy yalla polish she ees on page 87

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wi'r sweelin oot wir tins, An squaashin bottles flat. on page 34

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Nae tins o' ham, nor spaghetti hoops on page 150

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
he stairted takin things oot, tins an bags an jars an plates an
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McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
mum iye keep odds an' ends in tins
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
uboard like a shot. Intae the tins o shortbreed, tins wi hame ma
o shortbreed, tins wi hame made
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Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
s a bit o broon loaf and some tins o beans. That wisna gaen tae
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
said Key. We looked in aw the tins, ett aw the biscuits, ett aw
en. Only the biscuits fae the tins an juice by the look o the em
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
rnins she’d find empty beer tins and loads o tabbies in her ga
greenie wiz littered wi empty tins and bottles. Because they dra
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
heid, alongside bins o roosty tins, auld bedspreads, an a rowth
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
twa cod, an eel & a few auld tins.(2017) search twitter
ie ???????????? run oot o yon tins!!(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
At the bean tins, breid wrappers and jam jars on page 16
at tae better use, like buyan tins o beer. on page 39

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
an da man hentin in a bing a tins an bags. An dan shü startit on page 16
an pat dem in, tagidder wi da tins a baby cat maet at wis Lucky' on page 30

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