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Use in varieties of Scots

custody Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 2.5 7.4 0 0 10.3 7.7
Number of occurrences135 5 0 0 1 2
Number of authors9 4 3 1 1

Occurrences of custody in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, the Queen, an Alice, wir in custody an unner sentence ae executio on page 91

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
te Low tae tak the pair intae custody. on page 27

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lines, "Young girl taken into custody after an incident in Renfield on page 113

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
"Devolution haes gien thaim custody o yin o the best literary an
Devolution haes gien thaim custody o yin o the best literary an
2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
an see If his haddock wis in custody The lad cam back an shook his on page 15

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e sentenced were taken intill custody by e soldiers, who o course h on page 89

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ater that the teenager wis in custody an hid refused tae utter a wo on page 118

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th Queen, an Ahlice, were in custody an under sentence o execution on page 91

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
shae sentence't wur tuk intae custody bae the soldiers, wha o coors on page 92

2 matches

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