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Use in varieties of Scots

eebroos Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 3.5 14.9 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences207 10 0 0 0 3
Number of authors6 2 3 1

Occurrences of eebroos in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
unner his claes. The wummin's eebroos come doon intae a straucht li on page 1

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The auld man raised his eebroos an shuk his heid, no able for
o the corridor. He raised his eebroos an smilet appreciatively. She
tive distrust: close-set een, eebroos that meets in the middle, nae
He raised his eebroos. He actually seemt tae enjoy
He cockit his eebroos. “If I thought I could hold
5 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ay?" Stevie's eebroos disappeart aneth is fringe. on page 51

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Aye...?" Dot's eebroos liftit an she lookit concerne on page 85

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Archie liftit is eebroos. on page 16
on bingo..." Dottie liftit er eebroos. "Need Ah say mair? Ye'v te c on page 19
Pauline lifit er eebroos an leent forrit wi an expeckt on page 40
Donald raised is eebroos afore sayin, "Noo, lut's git on page 51

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
, wi a saft, sappy mou an twa eebroos that near ran thegither like
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ithing but bleed, snotters an eebroos aawye. His education lasted t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
body's relief it wiz only the eebroos and eyelashes that were gone.
git. Nae only hid he lost his eebroos and lashes an mair than a wee
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n blak, een tucked unnerneath eebroos plucked intae semi-circles, l on page 1
pale cheeks, fixed hir braid eebroos wi a brush o hir index finger on page 19
y wi thon!" Maisie raised hir eebroos. on page 56

3 matches

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