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Use in varieties of Scots

shear Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 4 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences98 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of shear in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
e for ither ettils. We wul aw shear the hairst o thir i the years on page 3

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
h'll no kin kaim ma baird nor shear ma heid, gin Ah dinna haud aa on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
y bit, an upbeat clausura tae shear aff aw the unanswered questio on page 24

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
wi’ twa twists!” Jist fir shear devilment A replied, “Naw,
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
shear in hauf a swinkie an
shear in hauf a laddie an
2 matches

@LowEndJardo tweeted
motherwell all I’ve known is shear disappointment n hatin they d (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
says it all - get up there n shear the sheep shaggers (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Ye'll shear yer corn mang sna an sleet
1 matches

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