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Use in varieties of Scots

boxin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 1.5 4.5 0 17.4 31 4.4
Number of occurrences133 3 0 3 3 1
Number of authors9 3 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of boxin in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
heavy-weight boxin champion on page 34

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he bauld twasum wes neir ti a boxin match i the gairden, whan tha
1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Boxin Day, Hogmanay, then bring in
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'm nae gan back intae a boxin ring. on page 99

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Boxin day is affa bonny an fine,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
!” and made a show o shadda boxin.
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Boxin Day 2004 on page 46
Boxin Day - da day whin da boxes on page 47

3 matches

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
ly6 soft!!! Aye am gan ti the boxin #punch(2012) search twitter
ong ther bobcat. E gan ti the boxin? #aritenite(2012) search twitter
@Bulla7 R e gan ti the boxin or e no aloud efter last week(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
o tha oul liver saats in for Boxin Deh.
1 matches

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