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Use in varieties of Scots

boulder Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 3 0 19.9 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences106 0 2 0 0 2
Number of authors8 5 1 2

Occurrences of boulder in Corpus

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Central

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Feel hou each boulder plays its pairt. on page 203

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
's a loch, it's as solid as a boulder on page 73

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
t the size ae a massive great boulder. on page 27

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
” she hissed. “Thur’s a boulder ahint ye an it jist shiftit.
h turnt roon. Couldna see nae boulder, nor rock nor stane.
2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ckly picked up a decent sized boulder from the pebbly, stony floor
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
nd drained luks like a marble boulder. Cut it open, and the pork he
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
o Eday Soond, like a granite boulder. Migrant goldcrests flit roon
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Or coup a boulder on its bak. on page 2

1 matches

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
e clammered up on tap o a big boulder sae we’d git a
1 matches

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