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Use in varieties of Scots

raffle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 2.5 4.5 39.7 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences135 3 4 1 0 0
Number of authors11 5 3 2 1

Occurrences of raffle in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Och, awa an raffle yer doughnut!" said Alice fir on page 79

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Miss Honey. 'If ye're sellin raffle tickets ah'm no wantin ony.' on page 86

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
club's funds there is aften a raffle, an veesitin artists sell the on page 56

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e," Hercules yelled. "Awa and raffle yirsel." on page 37

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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
r nor a box o shortbreid in a raffle afore nou.(2018) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
wid ye credit that? Ye've the raffle prize as weel" on page 15

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
irted his claes amo them in a raffle. E fowk steed watchin an e ro on page 119

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
un them in last year’s Xmas raffle. Fit are YOU giein
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We lukk'd like raffle prizes at the Kirkwall Lammas on page 3
A screwed-up raffle ticket that cheust might hiv on page 30
The Age Concern raffle? A bottle o wine. on page 79

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a while wae got it oot o the raffle and back in the field wae the on page 129

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
won in da Shetland Jazz Club raffle. http://t.co/RW5m1zEtA6(2015) search twitter