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Use in varieties of Scots

pursuit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.6 6 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1512 1 1 1 0 0
Number of authors12 9 1 1 1

Occurrences of pursuit in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
In the hot pursuit, their auld ferm cairthorses on page 38

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Where a fellow-huntsman, in pursuit, Precipitately on page 5

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
y him as we follae quickly in pursuit. And it's no long before we'v on page 163

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
lin tae risk life and limb in pursuit o her callin. They gawped at on page 102

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lobe that is undertaen in the pursuit o profit an pouer. An we shui on page 21

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ms, fir a year it wis ma main pursuit. on page 67

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
who scramble oer the fence in pursuit ay their mates.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ade screams, boundin alang in pursuit an fixated oan only wan thing
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ies wis his main recreational pursuit. He wis easy tae track doon a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the concrete flair in its pursuit.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rice, an she smilet - an the pursuit fund thaim again. Mair barkin
ten: the heichest goal is the pursuit o knawledge; falsifyin data i
2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
In pursuit o some ploy or anither on page 15

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ced up the loch wi me boat in pursuit. on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
- such a gentle and mindful pursuit. It's good for da soul. My la(2020) search twitter