A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bolted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 3.5 9 19.9 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences197 6 2 2 1 1
Number of authors16 7 4 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of bolted in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ushin oot it faster than they bolted durin the Blitz. on page xv

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
inwalker had drapped Abby and bolted doon the golf course.
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
te! Ah threw oan ma claes and bolted doon ma sterrs an that’s wh
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ng their guns wae thaim. Thay bolted fur aboot hauf a mile wi' th'
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fur? Nae wonder they walkers bolted. They must’ve thought ye we
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
mur splashed onto mah neck an bolted doon mah back. Neist, ontae m
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Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Shin, they aw’ bolted an chased efter Tam.
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Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
puilee et guided thi rope wis bolted on tae thi side o thi Dodger, on page 51

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
t rose fae a clump o girse an bolted atwards it. He crept up tae t
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
First she shut an bolted the shutters on the windaes.
r windaes shuttered. Next she bolted the back and front doors, the
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
etin sound came fae him as he bolted. He couldna scream for he’d
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Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
He strugglet tae his feet an bolted awa. The dugs followed him an
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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
He leppid back an bolted afore I could speer, on page 8

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fiasco when Mrs Cook o the Ha bolted, ran intae a bollard, and hid on page 86

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Dey oppen hoidy-holls we'd bolted fast. on page 21
bolted. Bairns hoid ahint midders, s on page 68

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
," said th King, an th Hatter bolted frae th court, withoot even w on page 113

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Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Fur in mae haste A bolted oot on page 46

1 matches

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