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Use in varieties of Scots

biles Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.6 6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences149 4 0 0 0 1
Number of authors12 8 3 1

Occurrences of biles 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

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
braveheart iver! Aye, whit it biles doon tae is this - be yer ai on page

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eed tae bring yer skin oot in biles as big as walnuts on yer skin on page 101

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
WILL SORT OOT COO PLOOKS, COO BILES, BAUCHLED HORNS, BUHLS WI FOO on page 29
Geordie Biles It Up on page 32

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
al business, ken. But whit it biles doon tae, richt, is a poisono on page 36

1 matches

Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Eyntments fer jaggies, biles and stings, on page 4

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 73 - The Unco Spate, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Dundee, poetry
biles up the bonnie banks, on page 11

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
nane ae us has bracken oot in biles an carbuncles on page 49

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@BatesMoira Biles ma blood !(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Fir fit biles dry, rins caal. on page 6

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@LeftPeggers I agree, biles ma piss ah these polarised vi (2023) twitter link
#bbcscotlandsportsound really biles ma bleed. The usual keich abo (2021) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@advancedref Biles the kettle(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ep stirrin aa tha time tae it biles an let it bile awa fur a guid on page 28

1 matches

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