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Use in varieties of Scots

killers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.5 1.5 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences107 1 1 0 1 0
Number of authors8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of killers in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
uik an aith tae hunt doun the killers o Njal. Whan he cam tae the F on page 14

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Killers on page 49

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
We aa resent his killers, hate them. on page 25

1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
heme wis exposed whan the twa killers murdert a weel-kent hure. A p
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
is. “The weemen is the real killers here. Kamile - her brither t
1 matches

Doric

@d_anderson878 tweeted
a sair fit. Vet gied her pain killers bit she winnae bide aff it an(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
When hid comes tae passion-killers, they wid tak first prize, I on page 46

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Frae thieves tae limmer killers on page 41

1 matches

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