A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

frilly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 2.1 0 9.9 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences84 0 1 0 0 3
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of frilly in Corpus

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Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
fine frocks and frilly petticoats on page 53

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
Moses basket, draped in pink frilly covers.
a glimpse of skin between the frilly stuff and a wee white hat. Ah
that a wean in a cot wi pink frilly covers isnae a boy.'
3 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A frilly blouse wae butterflies oan on page 98

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he shiddert. "I think bak tae Frilly Drawers iverie time I hear it on page 20
ot what was tae be daen aboot Frilly Drawers. It was agreed thar M on page 21

3 matches

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