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Use in varieties of Scots

cement Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 11.3 4.5 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2722 3 0 0 2 0
Number of authors17 14 2 1

Occurrences of cement in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
cement, mix it like a parritch brew; on page 66

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d three o the waws are made o cement wi dauds o broken gless stick on page 98
e wis like a sack o slaistery cement and ye couldnae huv hurted hi on page 127

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
oya mince come oot lookin lik cement because he never addet enough on page 86

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ricks were chocolate, and the cement haudin them thegither wis cho on page 15
s and speeders and bricks and cement cam rainin doon on the three on page 173

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ond, and dauds o plaister and cement cam rainin doon. on page 46

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an wis noo standin on the wee cement bridge that Neilly had faa'n on page 73

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
h at the waw. He saw that the cement atween the bricks wis auld an on page 61

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ldin site, deliverin brick an cement an timmer, gettin clarty an w on page 136

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Fixin sheets o cement asbestos til a ceilin is a sa on page 65

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ecame an expert at laying the cement flairs necessair for keepin t on page 11

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
wi the stour o cement an o timmer,
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ion on hooses whaur a layer o cement is applied tae the ootside wa
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s abuin the heich waa: a dunk cement waa that wes baith the rig o
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t wifie plaistert the dyke wi cement an stuck big jaggy bits o bro
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Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
an one part cement. It's aw in the mix
ck marks appeared in Johnny's cement
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@billykayscot tweeted
ked who had taught her to lay cement? "Naebody" she said. "I jist (2020) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
he gaps, an lowsin bit by bit cement on page 10

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
erluikin the warld, an muckle cement mixers crunchin graivel at ae
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
n churnin, roon an non like a cement mixer. He was feart he wis ga
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Mrs. Paxton, intil yin o the Cement Cottages,
raehaugh, kent locally is the Cement Cottages. The ain on yer
2 matches

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