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Use in varieties of Scots

fist Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 19.5 19.6 19.9 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences5738 13 2 1 0 3
Number of authors44 28 10 2 1 3

Occurrences of fist in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
r suhin tae happen. Ah make a fist an smash it intae mah palm. D on page 26

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Brown is right, to an extent. Fist-fighting is another matter an on page 55

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
taliation wis swift an a real fist fecht erupted. Matthew jumped on page 43

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
claes. Inside his belly a big fist squeezes roon his guts an his on page 1

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McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
fist-foundered and whimpering with on page 101

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ieur Balzac, Shakkin an angry fist on page 12

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
neously combust. He slams his fist oan tae the table which nearl on page 75
ff the waterworks. Ah bang ma fist oan the table " Ah cannae eve on page 171
wae a beamin smile and a wee fist pump in the air. on page 190
Aldo banged his fist hard oan the desk "Naw, naw" on page 193

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
manda's pigtails in her richt fist and heezed the lassie richt a on page 108
hair on Rupert's heid mn her fist. Rupert hud a rush o gowden h on page 142

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
el wis losin siller haun ower fist - he'd promisst tae find oil on page 52
Wullie,' he said in his heid, fist get a braith an get hame as q on page 69

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ang, up we gang" she shouted. Fist watch me grow!' on page 47

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an pour'd through the fist then straicht roond the hert on page 90

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the nicht. The muckle craitur fist looked at Violet wi its blank on page 114

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
much!' he slurred wi a raised fist. on page 51

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
his mailed fist on his steed, on page 35

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Ah taistit fist an fear again, on page 19

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
dam wi wan skelp o his muckle fist and sent the burn breengin ri on page 24
cules, skelpin the air wi his fist, and he stotted oot the palac on page 57

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
lo's Wean let him oot fae her fist. on page 25

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
A wee dod o Rabbie an aa but fist an aftairthocht, he's had pre on page 45
ae hate the English any mair, fist each ither. on page 67

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
jaloose, jaw (pour) and juke (fist), keek, kirk, laird and lug,
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the other a loosely clenched fist, movin up an doon, repeatin i
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nocks uz ontae the bed wi his fist, I kindo bounce back up, and
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
d yersell eneuch tae shak yer fist at Billy Bunter’s windae.
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
the airmchair and shaking his fist at the screen and shouting en
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Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He bangs his fist on the door and whispers 378,
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
en ah get there, his clenched fist hoverin oer the door. Seein m
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Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
A pit ma fist in ma moo tae stoap ma shriek
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e ‘er hauns clamped intae a fist Aye, hings wurnae luckin’ a
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
k 'n' see th' grey disfigured fist as it tightened tis grip, dau
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
rridor then aroond the hoose. Fist clenched, she sprintit fur th
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Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ilk roch cast slab wis set: a fist o rock on page 10

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m fine," he'll say, bangin is fist against is chest. "Jist hellu on page 7
ither shoutit es he duntit is fist doon oan the table, garrin th on page 65

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
cauld an hard, like a fist on page 1

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
His fist comin towards me on page 99

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
an iron fist. He hid a sense that telt him
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
eylon makkin siller haun ower fist...an Minnie's da....Minnie's
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Oot o naewye, a light broon fist thumps ye in the airm and it
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ked it. Twa steps inside, his fist roon the bag an he wiz oot ag
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
id made a hole the size o her fist intae his side. So I tellt he
e me, even tae showin her the fist sized scar in my side. But fi
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
yer ma's money tightly in yer fist
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the fool that you waved your fist at, when I pulled oot fae me on page 83

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Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
o a piece o bruised fruit, a fist on page 108

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Shetland

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
nd an pressed my hand intae a fist, noddin his heed at me as if
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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
A wains clinched fist tae, on page 4

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wye. Sae they got thir tails fist in thir mooths. Sae they cudn on page 102

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A wus losin weight haun ower fist. on page 58

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