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Use in varieties of Scots

wily Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences74 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 4 2

Occurrences of wily in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
trical, showy, North American wily. "This man is absolutely stee on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
it wis the golden ticket fae Wily Wonka himself. And it wisnae on page 91

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he meant isnae clear but the wily Provost had awready sent tae on page 122

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
thick as thieves and just as wily, as the demise of their frien
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An bein a gey wily bird on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
en or o human oreegin?" Noo e wily billies saa att gin they said on page 113
nae?" Bit he saw throw their wily wyes an says till them, "Fit on page 114

2 matches

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