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Use in varieties of Scots

pirates Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 3 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences86 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 6 2

Occurrences of pirates in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
These were pirates with fearsome teeth and beard on page 64

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the door'll be openit tae the pirates o the City, their American pa on page 96

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
And pirates wearin purpre breeks, on page 159

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Selt by pirates vendin doon the Barras on page 83

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
il's Tongue. A wheen o wumman pirates frae Finland had came up wi i on page 117

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
boot the shop like a bunch eh pirates way wan leg cause thurr half
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
It soundit like there'd be pirates an treasure an palm trees an
1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
asleep dreamin o smugglers an pirates. It wis aye excitin tae be th
1 matches

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