A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

purvey Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 10.6 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2121 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 5

Occurrences of purvey in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ddin as ye's blethered at the purvey, pickin at the pieces and the on page 80

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
purvey nor a wake wi money ye've no on page 24

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
l pit in an appearance at the purvey though, that shid be enough. on page 15
mirror. Ah snap it shut. 'The Purvey?' Robert asks, 'Is that a pub on page 16
urr. Were goin tae ma stepdas purvey. on page 17
've brought this laddie tae a purvey in East Kilbride and still he on page 23
are' an insensitive term at a purvey? on page 26
Also on pages 28
12 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ff ti thi busker Stephen John Purvey Esq. An meh rite-in partners on page i

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
maist mooth-watterin feast, a purvey o sappie creeshie chooks...' on page 48
it has tae be a totally braw purvey. And tell her the rest o us w on page 57
'It'll mak the purvey intae a ceilidh,' said Mr Tod on page 64
The Muckle Purvey on page 72

6 matches

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