spades | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 4.6 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 8.9 | |
Number of occurrences | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Number of authors | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
howkin in the saun wi widden spades, a raw o ludginhouses, an ahi on page 20
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Wi spades an shuils ower their shouders on page 53
s beat the rid-hot airn intae spades an shuils. on page 80
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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ae ma hert giein diamonds in spades. on page 6
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Some kept haud o the hoes an spades they had been uisin, ithers p on page 79
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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
smoothin oot the taur wi thir spades or thir forks; they wir deid on page 76
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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o buckets and spades and the wabbit traik on page 11
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
- the ace o herts, the ace o spades an the ace o diamonds, bad lu on page 58
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
is haun, which ur like fuckin spades, the cunt. Rough as saunpaper
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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
s diggin in the san wi wudden spades, thin a row o lodgin-hooses, on page 21
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