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Use in varieties of Scots

duvet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.1 4.5 39.7 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2012 3 4 1 0 0
Number of authors13 7 3 2 1

Occurrences of duvet in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
abric softener in the rumpled duvet cover. Springtime freshness. on page 1

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Then pinch the duvet! on page 49

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e's decidet she wants her ain duvet brought up tae her anaw. Thes on page 151

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Under his duvet on page 12
nosed aneath the duvet on page 46

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
room and poued aw the sheets, duvet and mattress aff the bed. The on page 12

2 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
pulled mah feet in, under th' duvet, attemptin tae cover mah body
h' deathly grip ah hud on th' duvet. Mah heid rested back oan th'
methin is 'ere. Ah jibbed th' duvet fae me, shoving it carelessly
3 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Duvet curled I gazed at crumbled th
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
aboot an tossed an turned The duvet cover rumplin on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
int-pegs inte the neuks o the duvet." on page 16

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
lyin cosy tucked up unner the duvet the nicht, mebbe think tae ye
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I craaled beneath the duvet and wis very cosy there. on page 24
He craaled beneath the duvet and he's been there ever sinc on page 25
Hid pinched the duvet cover and me bonny brand-new on page 59

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
under a gret glowan duvet o cloud, on page 5

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
tch (lovely) hes pickin at da duvet wantin under. Dirs mony a nig (2018) twitter link