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flings Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.1 6 5.9 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1712 4 1 0 0 0
Number of authors12 7 4 1

Occurrences of flings in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
The pipes an flings mak'd joyous dance, on page 11

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
The back door flings open. Licht chops a bricht tr on page 1

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
acks an the snash at the fowk flings til ither is a fair divert wh on page 127

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Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
sel buskit aa black, syne she flings her mantle ower her shouthers
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
andin oan tap ay me, when Joe flings it roon a coarner. ‘Get aff
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in long efter it’s deid. He flings it oan the table where it fla
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais tae big meatbaw heid who flings the wad ay twenties in his ha
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Pearcey flings a hauf arsed attempt at a pun
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fuckin live-wire an aw.’ he flings the gram at us an it hits ma
Wan ay them flings ma trainie at me. It’s aw c
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n accustomt tae whitever Fate flings at me.”
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
elve o’cloack?’’ Dougie flings back in a hushed tone.
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ob lifts his pint o bitter an flings it full in Wollaston's face. on page 8

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Mannie buys ring, wifie flings it awa on page 95

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Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
f his nose an it runs awa. He flings on his bag and looks doon to
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@beast_afc tweeted
@CathersMcG That'll be twa flings in 18 months then ????(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
Noir – while the soondtrack flings oot Scots/Scandinavian crosso
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