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Use in varieties of Scots

scoff Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 4 0 29.8 0 20.7 3.9
Number of occurrences148 0 3 0 2 1
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of scoff in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
It wid stot intae a toun and scoff awbody that got in its road. on page 7

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
At phrases sic as oors they scoff,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
(Ye've peyed them fur it!), scoff the lot.
fur cherubim tae jeer an scoff.
2 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
igree pooches, he wid happily scoff onie o the leftovers that fun
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
Ah scoff at the term, ah dunnae really
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘’ Heavy Duty?’’ ah scoff, laughin. ‘’Owns a sauna
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
unnered that ONY dominie wid 'scoff' at yir dreams Colin. If the (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit I scoff them fur snacks in atween on page 18
in me place at the table and scoff doon chick peas wi a smile. on page 32

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Be polite and do not scoff on page 98

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
efter th birds! Jings, she'll scoff a wee bird as sin as keek at on page 30
a came intae hur heid. "If Ah scoff yin o these cakes," she thoch on page 39

2 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
fter aa that. Jeck, he didnae scoff this sense, Grinned an rose t on page 30

1 matches

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