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Use in varieties of Scots

hen's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 1.5 6 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences93 4 1 0 1 0
Number of authors8 3 3 1 1

Occurrences of hen's in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
her craig, thin an lang as a hen's cleuk, cloots were knottit an on page 136

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
es were jist aboot as rare as hen's teeth. on page 103

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
se he could be tichter than a hen's face. Yae meenit blawin an na on page 116

1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, colleckin eggs an thraain a hen's neck, the smell o sung hair f on page 91

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Gaun roon tae the hen's sheddies, Minnie Bruce set do
es, Minnie Bruce set doon the hen's pail, her hairt thuddin, her
2 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Preparations underwye for hen's fart sandwiches for e morns p(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hungry, greetin bairn means a hen's teen. on page 22

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ke one, they're getting to be hen's teeth noo ?? #poetry #Covid_1(2020) search twitter