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Use in varieties of Scots

soldiers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.7 6.4 17.8 29.8 63.9 0 50.3
Number of occurrences5213 12 3 11 0 13
Number of authors15 6 3 3 1 2

Occurrences of soldiers in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ye well fuck this fur game ae soldiers, on page 143

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
umble-a-leary eatin chocolate soldiers. on page 120

1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
pass the time. Songs ‘boot soldiers aff tae war an missin hame an
an even mair puggled group o soldiers than us when they arrived bac
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
d Colin Roy, I watched as Red Soldiers take ye abin the clachan and
ate of the Campbells, the Red Soldiers and their disgust o’ me! Th
ious. Glenure wid hae the Red Soldiers wi’ him, hoo could A kill h
uble shoted ma piece. The Red soldiers, accompanyin’ Glenure, were
wis a great cry frae the Red Soldiers wha followed him. A jooked in
7 matches

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e has baked for Mhairi's foot soldiers(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Listening tae The Soldiers Return (sang by Ian Bruce). R(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Bit he soldiers on, wi his usual grin on page 14

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
First came ten soldiers carryan clubs; these were all on page 76
ether they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three o her on page 77
rocession moved on, three o e soldiers remainan behind till execute on page 78
mallets live flamingoes, an e soldiers hed till double themselves up on page 79
ere taken intill custody by e soldiers, who o course hed till leave on page 89

10 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
soldiers goin out on a mission tonight
1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No brother soldiers wae him on page 63

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
als there wir so many wounded soldiers that they only took oot the b on page 39

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
es, lesser celandine, yarrow, soldiers wound wort on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Da first at cam wis ten soldiers kerryin clubs; dey wir aa sha on page 80
hedder dey wir gairdeners, or soldiers, or Keeng's men, or tree o he on page 81
ssion muvved alang, tree o da soldiers bidin ahint ta dö awa wi da on page 82
llets livin flamingoes, an da soldiers hed ta dooble demsels up an s on page 83
e, an, seein at da doobled-up soldiers wis aye risin up an walkin aw on page 84
Also on pages 93
11 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Furst come ten soldiers cairryin clubs: these wur aal on page 79
ather they wur gairdeners, or soldiers, or coortiers, or three o hir on page 80
cession moved on, three o the soldiers styin baehin tae kill the unl on page 81
lets leevin flamingos, an the soldiers had tae double thimsels up an on page 82
ae, an baecaas the doubelt-up soldiers wur aye gittin up an waakin a on page 83
Also on pages 92
10 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
itions on Greenland Grove. As soldiers o fortune, Gary says it is we
It was al Harry an Gary, the soldiers o fortune an the swans o Lir.
e corner, the gateway tae the soldiers o fortune. Ah leuked up tae t
3 matches

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