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Use in varieties of Scots

polishin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 5.1 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1310 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors12 9 3

Occurrences of polishin in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
the karaoke (sure ye've been polishin' up yer Sydney Devine an' yer on page

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
guid enough fur that yin, fae polishin' the waxcloth tae makin' the on page 36

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ilda,' Miss Honey said, still polishin, 'try tellin me whit actually on page 68

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ts and adjustin its knobs and polishin its great gless lens. The Hee on page 142

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
uildins; some were dichtin an polishin the mirrors; an ithers were s on page 8

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an they tak real pride in polishin on page 43

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
gear, or suppose they needit polishin up and refinin afore they wer on page 69

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
l her kit, cleanin a rifle or polishin hame-made bullets. Maybe it w
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
“Polishin yer boots, sir.”
hae him dustin his coonter an polishin his glesses for an oor an a h
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t, ye can tak advuntage o wir polishin service fir the follicly chal on page 12

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
at the dinin-room fireplace, polishin the tiles, an gien the fender on page 106

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
dden box for keepin stuff for polishin yer sheen
1 matches

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