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Use in varieties of Scots

sells Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 5.1 4.5 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1510 3 0 0 2 0
Number of authors13 9 3 1

Occurrences of sells 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
that Jamesy's a big dealer n sells nine-bars n swedgers' on page 5

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Sells the lot ti a jeweller, And it on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Sells mornin-efter pills on page 119

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
got lucky wi the wee man that sells the bingo tickets. So there I on page 28

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
it oot o whitever kind o shop sells grapplin hooks. But a grappli on page 118

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
let in the shoppin cenrre now sells shire because people cannae a on page 30

1 matches

Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Sells love potions tae lads and las on page 4

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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Who the puck sells ghosts anyway? Dae the ghosts
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
uist opened in Edinburgh that sells hame an fashion accessories.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ll - they want tae gee there sells a shake l (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
That comes fae Banff an sells ye ra'an Kippers, lemon sole on page 15

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
a latchie opening garage fit sells floeers! https://t.co/eyIPgDH(2017) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t yon shop on Schoolhill that sells suits? As needing a fitting f(2017) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
sells the flouers bi the South Yett
In the forenuin he sells mallaes;
2 matches

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