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Use in varieties of Scots

piercin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.7 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1513 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of piercin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
lair, an sent shafts o siller piercin throu the blue reek that swir on page 22

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
It wis this very piercin thoat playin in the back ae m on page 29

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a hairdresser's that does ear piercin on a Tuesday. We hid behind t on page 152

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Piercin the rents in racin skies abui on page 129

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
hones rang oot in a lood, lug-piercin skirl. "Haud on," Mr. Poe sai on page 64

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
triarch happit in black an wi piercin coal black een in his heid. T on page 11

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Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Yer daen it again!’ The piercin, whinin voice pit peyd tae Ca
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tly intae a bun. She’s goat piercin bluish white eyes an a boady
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ate through dissipatin cloud, piercin through the smirr, creatin a
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A piercin whistle rings oot as we reach
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ugh or shout ay encouragement piercin it.
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
, hypnotised. Then suddenly a piercin scream filled th' deidly sile
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
glassy ‘n’ quite frankly piercin eyes; it felt as if the child
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Doric

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t and tracked roon the inside piercin baith his lugs and makin a tr
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
im in tuin wi a lang series o piercin snores frae Grace. Hughie exh on page 43

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