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Use in varieties of Scots

tolbooth Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 7.7 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1515 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 6

Occurrences of tolbooth in Corpus

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a dee'd o their wounds in the Tolbooth o Edinburgh, twa were hung at on page 54
dragged back tae the Cumnock tolbooth an shot. An awa on the faur s on page 62

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Embro Tolbooth's a dowie jyle. An mercy? Nan on page 49

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Weir lay waukened in the Tolbooth cell. on page 112

2 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
rrestit, flung in the Edinbro Tolbooth then sentenced tae death by h

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ord in the air over above the tolbooth, moving here and there, which
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
St. John’s Tolbooth, they cried it
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
aw ower. He wis taen tae the Tolbooth whaur the captain o the guard

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
uglas an bid owernicht in its Tolbooth. The sack wis left on the sta
s passed. Times chainged. The Tolbooth wis din awa wi. The buildin h

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
tae Lanark an nailed tae the Tolbooth door. A stoot warnin agin sic

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
nbro. They stoaped at Douglas Tolbooth whaur the sack sat on the cou

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ed up locked in the Edinburgh Tolbooth for his trouble. He only got

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
is locked up in the Edinburgh Tolbooth whaur ane o the Privy Cooncil

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