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Use in varieties of Scots

duffer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 2.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences65 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of duffer in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
s says tae me. It's this auld duffer, auld enough to be mah granda on page 104

1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
robot cannae console an auld duffer who wishes he wis six feet un
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s it, ah hink. Ah’m an auld duffer, and naewan will hink twice i
postie. Billy, ye stupid auld duffer. That money could o gat ya wa
‘Ghost o an auld, Scottish duffer. Bids startin at wan pence.â€
3 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ye soun like some aul duffer." Donald gied is heid a shak. on page 50

1 matches

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