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Use in varieties of Scots

cliver Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.5 4.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences127 3 0 0 0 2
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of cliver 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

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
time at she wis a sicht mair cliver nor the feck o thaim. She did on page 16

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an tellin fowk hou eesome an cliver thay are on page 8

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ome kin o' sense, bit Ah'm no cliver enough tae dae that. on page 34

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ir the Romans, an aw douce an cliver things haed bin lockit up in on page 19

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma grannie wis a cliver yin. Her bakin wis a treat.
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
fore she stoaps hidin she’s cliver.
feart fae Jennet Burns an her cliver mind, Laren Bhain?”
2 matches

Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
oglers ti begin wi. Fit’n a cliver ey wis, three o em gyan aboot
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
llum thought he looked like a cliver mannie because he wis wearing
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ney’s fuil, that tell o his cliver banter. Ae time Fleeman reall
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
What made yae sae awfully cliver?" on page 49
uns at this: it wus the furst cliver thing the King had said that on page 119

2 matches

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