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Use in varieties of Scots

chew Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.6 3 0 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences149 2 0 0 2 1
Number of authors14 9 2 2 1

Occurrences of chew in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
h've bit aff mair than ah cin chew. on page 12

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ally steal as much as a penny chew are huvin tae steal tae feed on page 21

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ts, she said, Thir no worth a chew. Widyi mean, ah said. She sai on page 52

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
steak the Deil's sel couldnae chew, on page 133

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
"... and get a dozen chew baws on page 98

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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ake oot ma mobile phone as ah chew oan another moothful o stew.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
” Scilence, “Eh, can A re chew thae sentence please!” Howl
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
eans that the KKE wad raither chew aff their ain airms than wark
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
"Juist a penny chew then mistur."
1 matches

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ht hae bitten makt than i can chew wi iss een. Ach weel. Nihin b(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@RealTimVine Sure is a mighty chew(2020) search twitter

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
as they chew the cud in the Winter gloamin on page 163

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@ScottishBantrr awa ye n' chew mah banger! (2020) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n memmer o the femlie who cud chew ocht mair substantial than sp on page 18

1 matches

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