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Use in varieties of Scots

bail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 6.5 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1613 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 11 1 1

Occurrences of bail 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tae help - Disco wis oot oan bail, his apprehension wis under s on page 31

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ed tae, mucker. Git ready tae bail up the back rapid, troops' Da on page 34
phone Big Kenzie n that, then bail, hen!' on page 42
lls up tae the back gates n A bail oot the emergency exit. Broon on page 44

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
need masell. Syne A'l tak leg bail or hir guidman wins hame, kis on page 47

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
a chance! Suit went doon. Nae bail. Fuck knows whit he'd done. S on page 1

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
w five o them were takkin leg-bail doon the cairt-track that led on page 6

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
son in the Toun Hoose, wi nae bail, despite fowk offerin it. on page 126

1 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Can bail ye oot, bairns, frae this bon on page 55

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he first time ah’ve hud tae bail him oot ay trouble, ah’ll t
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nophile frein happent for tae bail oot saiconts afore yer aircra
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
gnise this as bein ma nod tae bail. So, ah frantically shuffle p
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
0s.. so she'll no be able tae bail them oot much if they need ha (2022) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
o eis drove thi car roon thi bail's a straiy fyle thi ither een on page 31
blaak ee frunticlee tried tae bail oot. Skim emsail wis bursten on page 51

2 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
wheeze tha bail fast thra tha nicht on page 49

1 matches

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