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Use in varieties of Scots

laces Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1512 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 7 3

Occurrences of laces in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e hung aroond his neck by the laces. He'd enough money noo that h on page 34

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
jeely babies an liquorice laces
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
e-fistit-gun, slung low, auld laces cinched aboot ma thigh tae ke
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
pit mah Nikies oan n tied the laces tight, tae be honest wi yeh a
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
uckin aboot tryin tae tie his laces so ah hing back, waitin fur h
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
were on the wrang feet wi the laces in a total guddle.
d back-tae-front, an her shae-laces were knottit thegither.
Snorl fankelt ane o his shae-laces in the pedals, an they cam ta
feet an trippin ower his shae-laces. ‘I’ll learn ye.’
afore cowpin ower their shae-laces. Snorl wis faur an awa the be
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
es at me, latchin oan tae the laces ay ma trainie, pullin it aff.
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
ly couldnae tie Ms Sturgeon's laces. I'd love tae see a face tae (2020) search twitter

Doric

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
s aboot to face him: tyin his laces! Eventually i sheen are on, n
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her a smaa heuk tae pull the laces tight. She struggled wi the h
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Word o the month: Pints. Laces. In the Pipe Band it was telt (2020) twitter link

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