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Use in varieties of Scots

timorous Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.6 5.6 4.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1511 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors10 7 2 1

Occurrences of timorous in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t richt, I dout," said Alison timorous-like: "some o the words hae g on page 44

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
se'. Ah relate tae Burns' wee timorous beastie as ah'd wan o ma ain on page 7

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
There's stages atween the timorous moose an the michty lion, ye on page 108

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
wee timorous beastie as ah've wan o ma ain on page 28

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e comes oot fae behind me, aw timorous, like a wee boay.
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
as often been gey slow an gey timorous.
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
FringeScots Naethin cowrin or timorous aboot thon shoppie in Great W(2016) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
I thought it was the sleekit timorous type o moose(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
nie said: "Wee sleekit cowrin timorous beastie, whit a panic's in th on page 57
nie said, "Wee sleekit cowrin timorous beastie - "' on page 58

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tle the nerves among the mair timorous o chiels. Wimmin in shops mut
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
airk saicrets etched ower his timorous smile. on page 9

1 matches

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