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Use in varieties of Scots

tuppence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 5 3 0 0 10.3 3.9
Number of occurrences1410 2 0 0 1 1
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of tuppence in Corpus

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Central

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
e wee pipes, grespin ticht ma tuppence.
gied mi tuppence mair, tellt mi: ‘Coff anith
ither gied mi a cuddle, forby tuppence.
3 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
read ‘1 shilling per adult, tuppence per child, babes in arms go f
xt visitors. Billy pulled two tuppence pieces fae his trooser poakit
he coins. “That’s another tuppence ye owe me,” Billy teased.
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e the door dependit if it wis tuppence or a penny or ha’penny ablo
1 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
bakery in toun. Cook geid me tuppence fur masel even tho it wisnae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
hat wad like tae pit in thair tuppence worth on Friday shuid git in
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ecturer Ted Cowan getting his tuppence in.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
en the local MP shoved in his tuppence wirth, in the Hoose o Commons on page 84

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
rted buying the PandJ costin' tuppence, noo £1.65, daily copies tae on page 29

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
or Business Rates, (Bocht fir tuppence ha'penny!) on page 211

1 matches

Ulster

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
a penny, twa o whuch gien ye tuppence. Bit we’r no daen yit, fer
1 matches

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