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Use in varieties of Scots

peacock Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 3.1 24 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences246 16 0 2 0 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of peacock in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
DIALOGUE OF THE PEACOCK AND THE SQUIRREL on page 31
Peacock: on page 32

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The peacock's pride is the pish o God. on page 79

1 matches

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Peacock's #BraveNewWorld isnae quite (2020) search twitter

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e? Here cam twa pea hens an a peacock. Efter a while they were let on page 50
ht intae action an swiped the peacock aff. Aabody wis bitin their l on page 51

16 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
f my mortgage. Dan dey wir da peacock brotch studded wi precious st on page 42
wellery - sees du dis lovely peacock brotch I got last Christmas." on page 43

2 matches

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