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Use in varieties of Scots

argy-bargy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.1 3 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences128 2 0 0 2 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of argy-bargy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae tone, "an thir's that much argy-bargy ye kin hardly hear yersel thi on page 83

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
the shop. An he wasnae gaunae argy-bargy fur long enough. Scratchy bel on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
yersels when she's aboot. Nae argy-bargy, nae cheek, nae backchat. Aye on page 63
'Dinnae argy-bargy wi me, fur heaven's sake, wum on page 80
first afore ye answer. Never argy-bargy wi her. Never gie her ony bac on page 128
'Dinnae argy-bargy wi me, laddie, or ah'll mak y on page 138

4 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
agin ye; nae argy-bargy; nae flytin,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aboot whilk there can be nae argy-bargy and jist a tiny sample fae th
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fine thegither, wi nivver an argy-bargy. We aa took wir turn ti sweep on page 72

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
be veesitin the hoose fur an argy-bargy. The tattie-howkin wisna tae
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
In fact, she hed quite a lang argy-bargy wi th Lory, whae at last went on page 24
ersel, "th wei aw th beasties argy-bargy. Eet's enough tae drive ee ro on page 56

2 matches

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