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Use in varieties of Scots

blinds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 6 3 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1612 2 0 1 0 1
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of blinds in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
eetlight comin in through the blinds, ah see there's aboot an inch on page 13

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Through the office blinds, ah see a pair ae eyes tryin on page 1

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Maw hus cream blinds tae aff the grey o the buildi on page 1

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Windaes are screened bi blinds, sometimes Venetian! on page 129

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
private and fancy. A open the blinds when A drop ma bags in efter
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The rattle ay the Venetian blinds in the kitchenette fae the op
ce ay ma torment. Ah pull the blinds up an look tae the busy stree
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
et light comin in through the blinds, ah see there’s aboot an in
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
unshine is beamin through the blinds and lights up the room. It’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n ken what time it is cos the blinds are closed and the entire nig
feet and wanders oor tae the blinds and opens thum up. The light
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
e... That's it.. Shutting the blinds noo, I cannae be bothered loo (2022) twitter link

Doric

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
than a new set o blinds. on page 71

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
re cloaks made oot o blackoot blinds. As time gid on I got mair an
1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
da licht at blinds da een
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he front parlour was dim, the blinds a quarter open, the red, velv on page 47

1 matches

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