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Use in varieties of Scots

thirsty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 2.5 6 29.8 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences135 4 3 0 1 0
Number of authors11 5 3 2 1

Occurrences of thirsty in Corpus

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Central

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
's when a realised she wisnae thirsty, she wis having babies. It lo on page 39

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
er intae resemblin some blood thirsty fitbaw casual come derby day on page 87

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wis drinkin cause ah wis dead thirsty. on page 160

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
t a wee drap milk when it wis thirsty. It wis her favourite magic r on page 77

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he telt us they were a bluid thirsty lot wha did awa wi Mary Queen on page 120

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Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ize that Tam wis a wee bittie thirsty. "Fit time wis
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
d. Efter a fyle he felt a bit thirsty an
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
drooth. Aa this veesitin wis thirsty wark.
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@beast_afc tweeted
faeaberdeen If i can bring 25 thirsty loons, fits the chances of a (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
for the pain you've haen. A'm thirsty, Maggie, and there's notheen on page 23

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae thirsty milkin kye. on page 58

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
for the pain you're haen. A'm thirsty, Maggie, an there's notheen t on page 77

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Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ns Nae me, have that when ahm thirsty but ma proper is “Uisge Beat(2020) search twitter