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The word 'clenched'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clenchedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51811
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of clenched in Corpus

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Orkney

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
ma body clenched
1 matches

Shetland

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
A trow, lookin doon at me. I clenched my fists rubbin dem on my een
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eel the wound. He blew throwe clenched teeth as his fingers touched
The sojer through clenched teeth said, “Anither couple
2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ragin. His body tense. Fists clenched. The wummin is ahint him, her on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
boay who wis observin him wae clenched fists. Fur we aw kent fine we on page 100

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
is finger at me. Ma fists are clenched and ah’m ready tae lit they
1 matches

West Central

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
r then aroond the hoose. Fist clenched, she sprintit fur the dair, d
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Had he heard thaim? Beatrice clenched her chafts tae keep her teeth
Hsien clenched his haun till the nails bit i
behave lik he juist did! She clenched her fists agin her haffets.
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
neck and goat ma sledgehammer clenched and ready tae land. He scrunc
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Another hauf hoor ay clenched cheeks, Aonghas lets eez foot on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e him, an the other a loosely clenched fist, movin up an doon, repea
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
dancer when ah get there, his clenched fist hoverin oer the door. Se
n see McDade tensin up, hauns clenched, thinkin aboot it.
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d for braith, then daudit his clenched nieve on the kitchen table an on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"I dae," Violet said. Klaus clenched his nieves. His sister had sa on page 144

1 matches

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