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Use in varieties of Scots

spurtle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.6 1.5 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences95 1 1 0 1 1
Number of authors8 4 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of spurtle in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
There wis an auld spurtle lyin on the bench that had be on page 30

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
firmly insert the spurtle and gie hit a guid shauchlin on page 32

1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ae think I've ever had a guid spurtle! ??(2018) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
ing mair scary than a wielded spurtle is a wielded slipper *shudder(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
ournalist oot in force wi her spurtle (2022) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He's built like a spurtle on page 180

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I use me granny's spurtle and hid serves me weel enough on page 44

1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
We licked the sticky spurtle, on page 149

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Hir bak turned, thonner, the spurtle on page 10

1 matches

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