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Use in varieties of Scots

skellum Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 6.6 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1313 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 8

Occurrences of skellum in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
kit! Ti lippen til that leein skellum maks me the maist glaikit gom on page 48

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
irn is the maist snottery wee skellum ye could ever imagine, they s on page 1
lt me his dochter wis a richt skellum but. He said tae keep wir een on page 79

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
uin be quat o a verra rauchil skellum!" on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
uaikeriss bravitie, about the skellum at strak ma lykin richt on th on page 3

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
gonnae get oor haunds on the skellum?" on page 9
"The skellum must be stervin,' Boonce said on page 81

2 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
lytes et ivery dyke-lowper an skellum, on page 80

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
mak guid his wagaun. He wes a skellum til the enn, it is suggestit,
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nolphe], an auld, ill-trickit skellum that waantit tae get mairrit
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Dutch word cam intae Scots as skellum & describes thon big rascal c(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Yer nae mair than a prattlin skellum(2020) search twitter

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