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Use in varieties of Scots

fists Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 9.3 0 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2118 0 0 1 0 2
Number of authors14 11 1 2

Occurrences of fists in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s tae school! That's whit yur fists ir fur!' on page 55

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
He is ragin. His body tense. Fists clenched. The wummin is ahint on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ome natural ability tae throw fists, or that. But they encapsulat on page 87
wis observin him wae clenched fists. Fur we aw kent fine well wha on page 100
"Mr Cooper" a voice says. Ma fists instinctively clench as ah pr on page 125

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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
the pouer o the Dundee lad's fists an feet an aw o them had been on page 84
die, face flusht bricht reid, fists clenchit an cursin fit tae bu on page 109

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi aa his answers in his fists. on page 37

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
mon,' Kevin says, an e put es fists up. on page 45

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ammed oan it wi his porky wee fists. Genuinely half a second late
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
dy to throw their boulders eh fists right in tae wan eh the young
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eather gloves an clenches hiz fists.
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nd as ye go fir it drive your fists straight back. Ok, on three?â
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e juist did! She clenched her fists agin her haffets.
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
heid these days, no jist his fists.
nny kens it ah’m slammin ma fists that hard oan the hing that t
pointin his finger at me. Ma fists are clenched and ah’m ready
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Shetland

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
kin doon at me. I clenched my fists rubbin dem on my een, tryin t
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Fae tha drummer's bleedin fists, on page 32

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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
wi airms on him laik legs and fists on page 44

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