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Use in varieties of Scots

dolls Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.5 0 9.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences117 0 1 1 0 2
Number of authors8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of dolls 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

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ies showin aff their prams an dolls. Joost me, mah uncle an a big on page 174

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
r lassies look like porcelain dolls. Sandra hus Donald's black ha on page xiii
n oan playin mammies wi their dolls efter this. Mind ye, Sandra's on page xv

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
leid gets on its gladrags an dolls itsel up for 2019, the grand
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a ‘highly active’ haunted dolls hoose’, and somewan else wh
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ools an biggit twa wee wuiden dolls, wi jintit airms an legs. Syn
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@SHELDOMNI Oooh a hus a braw dolls hoose!! ??(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dolls klaze meed fae scraps an odds on page 47

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
en special. Yun set a Russian dolls du sees apo da dresser, dat w on page 18

1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
@AshAshoneill A brave wheen o dolls there. Mair buddies next time(2020) search twitter
menAloudNI Och, ye've made 45 dolls frae Norn Irn wile happy!(2020) search twitter