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Use in varieties of Scots

waxy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.3 1.6 3.2 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences73 2 1 1 0 0
Number of authors7 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of waxy 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aside his Jennet - her face waxy pale an still in the peace o on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ie howked the orange-coloured waxy stuff oot o the tin and pappe on page 23

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
in me tak them ootside in yon waxy paper that plain breid yased (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. She screwed its boddom an a waxy-lookin reed lipstick appeart. on page 65

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the scent o the waxy crayons on page 31

1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
waxy cochlea. on page 143

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
ie scoopit da orange-coloured waxy stuff oot o da tinny an plunk
1 matches

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