A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brushed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 6 4.4 0 23.2 0 19.4
Number of occurrences2312 3 0 4 0 4
Number of authors16 11 3 1 1

Occurrences of brushed 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Clair slid aff the brig an brushed the grit fae the stane aff he on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
'Aye, maybe. She brushed Charlie's ear like he wis rea on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he desperados who huv eagerly brushed up oan their general knowledg on page 67

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ts an gave thim a wee spit an brushed an brushed an even breathed o on page 76

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
On ma wye oot," he said as he brushed past. "Lazy bugger," she mutt on page 44

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
circlin roun, brushed pelts leman on page 135

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
for the very first time. She brushed her daurk hair back and a wid on page 37

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A noticed it whin A brushed whit's left e' ma teeth. A co
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ose. Her bare feet and ankles brushed against the soft leaves ae la
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
As Iqbal brushed by her on his wey oot o the w
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
We brushed off the pryers when asked abo
1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Aifter aw aat, Aik jist brushed eit aside an furgave eis, bit on page 31

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ack fin the quine's saft skin brushed against is han es she handit on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
brushed close by him. Fin Jonsar look
1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
He brushed an brushed an brushed at his teeth but it med nae o on page 17

4 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ns." Daniel didnae speak. She brushed bak a lang wisp o fair hair f on page 3
olibox ower hir toothbrush an brushed ilka tooth individual, as adv on page 18
hir cut knees. Hans that had brushed hir lang, broun hair tverie m on page 29

4 matches

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