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perfume Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 11.1 15 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3422 10 0 1 1 0
Number of authors18 13 3 1 1

Occurrences of perfume in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ah can smell aff her is cheap perfume an joost a wee hint ae BO. It on page 5

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
y look on them an smell their perfume. Mine cuist her perfume ower on page 33

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
in just turned fourteen. Pure perfume boy but a sound cunt nonethel on page 8
lookin, trendy kinda guy - a perfume boy drenched in Ultraviolet n on page 24

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
saxophone an the the scent o perfume drookit, waarm bodied young w on page 27

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
poorin oot perfume, on page 11

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ls like incense and the spicy perfume hur Granny wears. on page 7

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
sum perfume an foundation, on page 61

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wi some ae her Paloma Picasso perfume. Margaret fae up the stair co on page 35
orce whiff ae cider an CK Wan perfume. Cigarettes are disgustin, ah on page 37

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
There wis a bottle o perfume cawed FLOOERS O NEEPS. It hon on page 22
lga's hairset Flooers o Neeps perfume. Braw. This is gonnae be easy on page 76

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
lunch money last week an her perfume an her homework an her silk b on page 88

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ingers an notices the'r still perfume on them fae whan A gied her t
niffs thon papershop wumman's perfume on ma fingers again. If ye wa
t wi muckle niffer o sharn an perfume, her pullin her haun awa like
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ae an haed a peenge aboot her perfume, an she stopped weerin it, li
wants tae tak her an poor her perfume aa ower her nakit fleesh, mar
2 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
t eh Primark. They hud enough perfume oan tae no only let ye smell
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e get a shave n dab a wee bit perfume oan sose a smell nice lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Faffe, Christina Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Special Licht, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Mixin in wi the perfume o the clover aff the dunes. on page 81

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ppie o er Eevees Sint Laarant perfume ahin er lugs an doon er cleav on page 33
hin he jist cudna place. "Fit perfume's at ye'r weerin?" he speered on page 56
in es baith in a great yoam o perfume. on page 59

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
teeth; she wis yoamin o chaip perfume an, wi the sin comin in throw on page 59
nie bottlie o flooery-smellin perfume. She dabbit it on ma neck an on page 65

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e an hid a richt fine smell o perfume comin aff er. on page 40

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
upboard, A can smell her posh perfume an A’m near gaggin wi the s
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
e been better tae 've selt da perfume an tae 've gien da money ta d on page 111

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Her beauty like a floors perfume on page 22

1 matches

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