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Use in varieties of Scots

threadbare Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 2 0 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences64 0 1 0 1 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of threadbare in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
hotdogs an sits doon oan the threadbare couch. From under his arse he on page 22

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ties. The carpet underfoot is threadbare wae folds an tears in it expo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
in some fuckin hideous lookin threadbare, mohair tank top hings oot. â
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e bastards oot. The carpet is threadbare. Doos are related tae Doves,
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
uy a hat - me owld wan's gey threadbare." on page 73

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The carpet stained and gie threadbare on page 14

1 matches

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