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Use in varieties of Scots

cheir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2 12 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences124 8 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 2

Occurrences of cheir 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

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
ament whan he died in hiz ain cheir on the verandae, efter haein on page 2

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
member hinkin that the tops o cheir umbrellas looked like the lil on page 42

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r grippit hir clutchie frae a cheir.
gied a cheir an waffed thair bunnets as th
2 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
un in a neuk 9 the muckle bow-cheir, haaflins claverin tae hersel on page 9
spraachl't back intil the bow-cheir, takin the kittlin an the wou on page 10
it aa fan I sclim up onnen a cheir, aa forbye the pairt ahint th on page 14
s an aal Yowe sittin in a bow-cheir, wyvin, an nous an nans devaa on page 69
wye o't. Lat's see, is iss a cheir? Fegs, it's gat brainches, I on page 75

5 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
special cream tae the leather cheir tae avoid cracking, wis, “Cw(2019) search twitter
taen tae sleeping in wifie’s cheir fin she isnae keeking! https:(2019) search twitter
Sae ah wis stannin on a cheir, changing a licht bulb, fin t(2019) search twitter

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