| blow | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 16.5 | 55 | 38 |
| ORK - Orkney | 29.8 | 3 | 2 |
| SHD - Shetland | 11.6 | 2 | 2 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 70.3 | 2 | 1 |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 3.3 | 1 | 1 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 31.5 | 3 | 3 |
| DOR - General Northern | 4.4 | 1 | 1 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 31.7 | 13 | 8 |
| WCE - West Central | 4.4 | 1 | 1 |
| DUN - Dundee | 42.5 | 4 | 2 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 18.6 | 3 | 2 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 35.9 | 7 | 2 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 10.7 | 1 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 5.3 | 4 | 4 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 13.9 | 1 | 1 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | 327 | 2 | 2 |
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 31.4 | 1 | 1 |
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 232.6 | 4 | 3 |
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The final blow wis struck bi Peps - a hero on page 13
d wirsels, hid still cam as a blow on page 33
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e went for a Sunday stroll to blow away da cobwebs and stretch o(2018)
Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
aboot gushers and blow oots, on page 11
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
charge her £60 for a cut and blow-dry), but also because she’
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
reat comfort in kennin ah kin blow ma brains oot anytime ah deci on page 118
d that the place wis paved in blow joabs. Tae ma detriment ah on page 120
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Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
an tyme if they jist heard me blow some Erse betwix my cheeks? on page 12
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Man, that wid be a blow maist grievous
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ings by Marlon James; it’ll blow yer heid right aff. A prophet
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ndered unconscious by a hefty blow to the back o his heid. The P
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s no fully recovered fae that blow. Ah’ve goat ma butchers’
gee him a bone crunchin boady blow. The boay is coughin and splu
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@arabcarol ??. Blow dried and smelling braw now ?(2020)
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@SConnelly1992 another hammer blow from the fm 2 day - literall (2021) twitter link
if it happens itll soften the blow lol (2020) twitter link
immin that wis geein a bhoy a blow job at an asda car park at ha (2020) twitter link
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
time eftir yon, but the first blow fer freedom wis struck in Dun on page 24
the cratur simply ignored the blow an took aff even fester taewa on page 80
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ht and wipe awey ma tears and blow ma nose yaisin a cream cardig
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
bacon and sausages. Yin final blow oot before ah start this stri
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ts me right in the mood fur a blow oot. Underrated, they boays.
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n Tam’s bool wae a glancing blow, sendin it flyin aff the gree
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, ready tae execute the final blow.
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
de’s beak wae a retaliatory blow. They struggle; a whirlwind a
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
at there might’ve been some blow back fae the Templetons oer h
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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Fur every beatin, brek an blow on page 19
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
The blow is instant. His ear seems to
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
Alex/Kenny/Neale/Eva/Sara tae blow some back in. (2022) twitter link
@fairfaaye tweeted
he Gaelic gonc meaning: a blow, jab or poke #ulsterscots #li(2020)
Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
through mae coat tha wind ait blow on page 46
er goat ait strike tha deadly blow on page 49
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Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
is soarted. Mr McMaister is a blow-in frae Dundee since nineteen
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