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Use in varieties of Scots

noses Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 7.1 6 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2014 4 1 1 0 0
Number of authors18 12 4 1 1

Occurrences of noses in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
velvet noses nuzzlin my lugs, braith waarm on page 25

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
hae big shoogly e'en an' thae noses comin' richt oot the side of on page

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ic: the guy that's broke mair noses an gied mair black eyes than on page 141
He waved the ruler under wur noses then pult it away again. Gies on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e cognoscenti, Turnt up their noses! on page 30

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Scarlet fever, reams o rinnie noses, erses tae on page 51

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
e beds, opt oot scuils, Toffy noses, boolmoothed fools. on page 4

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ay afore sin' ye tend tae rub noses wi' a fair nummer a' acquaint
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ae catch coins frae aff their noses, (silly buggers - serves the
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
been the first tae huv their noses in the trough three hunner ye
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Rings will vainish frae oor noses,
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ur aw hopin if they kept thur noses clean thur wud be nae mair ar

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
awa frae ither fowkt Snottery noses, rackin up furbas or nae weel(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
en for years Cam dabbin their noses an dichtin their tears on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ess it’s pit in front o yer noses.” She went ower tae the pre
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
y, wi bairns fit blawed their noses, and hid pressed clais, thoug
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
tter Chunts that expose their noses...no quite understanding the (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Drippan noses, runnan eyes - septic cowld- on page 75

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t at dir third een an snirled noses an held my tongue.
1 matches

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