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Use in varieties of Scots

shillins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.1 3 0 5.8 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences1810 2 0 1 1 4
Number of authors10 4 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of shillins in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, then reduced the answer tae shillins an pence. on page 109

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
, an reduced the answer intae shillins an pence. on page 44

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ad, which wis only aroun five shillins, hardly a lot o money. They w on page 105
o siller, aroun twa punds ten shillins in his pooches, but as he han on page 106

4 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
y micht weel be makin fifteen shillins a week - mair nor twice his on page 17

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ey're stotious. Fient the few shillins that lot puit in the till! No on page 72

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a subscription list at three shillins a copy, an gin we get eneuch
ch, Johnie . . . but at three shillins, I’d raither tred ye a leg
2 matches

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
2 pennies in a shillin and 20 shillins in a pound; I could coont a f on page 124

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e factor said wid mak a fyowe shillins. She’d begged him tae leave
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ook da answer doon ta pounds, shillins an pence. on page 112

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
up, an reduced th answer tae shillins an pence. on page 110

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
p, an reduce't the answer tae shillins an pence. on page 111

1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
imalised coinage). Tae thaim, shillins an tanners an thruppeny-bits
dinnae hae tae wark wi puns, shillins an pence nooadays. A’m no s
rth 2/6. Then a florin or twa shillins or twa bob, folliet wi yin bo
3 matches

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