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Use in varieties of Scots

elbow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 5 4.4 9.9 5.8 31 0
Number of occurrences1810 3 1 1 3 0
Number of authors12 8 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of elbow 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 HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ear the table an ah plonk mah elbow doon and open mah hawn, ready on page 12

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Somebdy touches ma elbow. Mrs Casey, ma mum's next-doo on page 22

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, aw swagger, tweed jaickets, elbow patches, the piper wi eez eno on page 3

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t the three second clip ae ma elbow that made it intae Clicky's E on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and the jinkin o an elbow on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m bloody arse oer elbow in a heap oan the grun, the b
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
masel fawin. Ah’m arse oer elbow, tumblin through the opaque g
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ompletely, utterly, arse over elbow, seventy seven ways tae Stric(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
rossParents Mair powr tae yer elbow ???? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d e effect o lyan doon wi wan elbow against e door, an e ither ai on page 33
or opened inwards, an Alice's elbow wis pressed hard against id, on page 34
sulky tone; "Seven jogged ma elbow." on page 74

3 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
air a piece and lifted up his elbow. I scuttled oot fae me hiding on page 129

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
broon elbow, kittled her hip. on page 20

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th effect o lyin doon wi yin elbow aginst th door, an th ither a on page 34
or opened inward, an Ahlice's elbow was pressed hard aginst eet, on page 35
in a sulk; "Seevin joogied ma elbow." on page 76

3 matches

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