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bowfin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 11.8 10.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3023 7 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 13 5

Occurrences of bowfin 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
' pure mince! A' thit howfin' bowfin' roarin' stramash is enuf tae on page

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
ts owner's feet were hoat and bowfin.) on page 9

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
fore the faither left fur his bowfin second-haund car garage, Mati on page 24
rn. There wis a bottle o this bowfin purple broo on the shelf abui on page 52
Lavender said. 'It'll be pure bowfin.' on page 122

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Bowfin lassie,' said Grannie Jockina on page 39
A rotten nit, a bowfin pear, on page 133

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ngy his claes an body wir ay, bowfin! on page 108

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
faur awa as possible fae this bowfin auld wumman. on page 8

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
But skelly, naw, bowfin aye, a wee bit naturally on page 75

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Beek a mile aff. He's totally bowfin.' on page 33

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aw they've come up wi is this bowfin sauce." on page 48

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e. The air roon this cave wis bowfin, It reeked o a thoosan midden on page 7
reat pile o them, a big broon bowfin bing o manure that went aw th on page 23

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
An bowfin big nashers in iz big jowly j on page 4
An the bowfin big nashers in iz big jowly j on page 14

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
or the witch. They were baith bowfin. on page 28

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Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
he Grumphieman. The smell wis bowfin. on page 88

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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
for nae reason when it tastit bowfin onywey an there wis a crusty
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
derneath an the full place is bowfin ay the smell ay wet dug.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a fae him as they cud: he wis bowfin.
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he dair as he did an absolute bowfin smell fillt the hoose. It sme
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
an e dog wad rin to the hedge bowfin for aa he was wirth. There wa on page 55

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Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
hud oot aat lang, ma vyce wi bowfin, ma teeth wi chaain wull aa h on page 26

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
-luggin yin anither, nae dugs bowfin, nae bairns yellyhooin. A ken on page 80

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Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
"Ugly! Mingin! Bowfin!" the ither deuks quaicked fa on page 19

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r peenies. A wee fite dug wis bowfin an bowfin an rinnin up an doo
an bowfin an rinnin up an doon in excit
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
up’n doon bowfin. It tuik Mistress McGincy oor
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