A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pickins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 2 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences54 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of pickins in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
mindit that she still had wee pickins o the mushroom gruppt in her on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
im by Hogmanay gin they'd the pickins o it. Edam wis the furst tae on page 75

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
But he tak but pickins, the wabster. on page 18

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
n south who hinks it’s easy pickins oan the other side ae the boa
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e win. Puir thing: nae muckle pickins aire ah thocht chuckin ma emp on page 42

1 matches

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