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Use in varieties of Scots

sling Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences74 1 1 1 0 0
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of sling in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h wis her ahd tell Lyndon tae sling his slimy hook. Pamela Sadler on page 169

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
Ye sling yersel intae the night. Thons
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eek ay yer erse if ye don’t sling yer hook ya cheeky wee bastar
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
y fur blood Get it gaun an’ sling some mud Then yais big wurds
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
tak yer motor an sling yer hook on page 103

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
r set oot fur his denner wi a sling and twa-three stones, on page 44

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
e stons fae da burn an wi his sling he set aff. on page 24

1 matches

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