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Use in varieties of Scots

tusk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 1 0 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences52 0 0 3 0 0
Number of authors4 2 2

Occurrences of tusk in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
While the Panther tusk knife an fork wi a growl, on page 44

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gaun ti tusk out the Ulster fowk intil Cum
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an fresh tusk an tatties apö da table. on page 28
water fae da well. Dis dried tusk 'll pit a trist apö wis. on page 70

2 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Among da silver tusk an haddocks – deyr wautit w
1 matches

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