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Use in varieties of Scots

shavin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 6.2 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1312 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors9 8 1

Occurrences of shavin 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

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Thrie days CB fur no shavin afore he gaed on parade: thri on page 9

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
tane. Then he tried it oot bi shavin some o the hairs aff o his fo on page 86

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
bother. Sometimes I watch him shavin. Ye wunder hoo men kin dae th on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
shes and, efter he'd finished shavin, he gied his scaup a richt gu on page 52

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
She's startet shavin the hair under her airm pits on page 94

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
an aerosol can o SUPER SAPPLE SHAVIN SOAP belangin his faither. Ge on page 20
d tae himsel, hair-skoosh and shavin-cream and shoe-polish are aw on page 26
in this dementit stuff - the shavin soap, the hair remover, the d on page 39
rdie cairried on ... 'And the shavin soap ... and the face cream . on page 79

4 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ore an’ last night had been shavin’ in preparation tae go oot.
Erse-deep in shavin's,
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tae the docs cos a cut masel shavin lol (2021) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
wir a aerosol can o SUPERFOAM SHAVIN SOPP belangin tae his faider.
1 matches

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