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Use in varieties of Scots

glimpse Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.7 5.5 4.4 9.9 11.6 0 9.7
Number of occurrences1911 3 1 2 0 2
Number of authors15 7 3 1 2 2

Occurrences of glimpse in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
an the first stair, I catch a glimpse of the outline ay a wumman oo on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r tae the entrance ah catch a glimpse ae a few ae the regulars who on page 71
ree or four minutes later, ah glimpse this young lassie come in wae on page 124
ah catch a glimpse ae Craigy. He and his missus on page 172
ae ma eye ah tried tae slyly glimpse what he hud inside his briefc on page 192

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae catch a glimpse o horsemen, cattle lowin in t on page 40

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sugar-loaf tae sparkle in ony glimpse o sun. Trenches ur dug oot ta
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A glimpse noo, wad ye like tae snatch
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ly since you could only see a glimpse of skin between the frilly st
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ra opened up an they caught a glimpse o The Emerald City in the dis
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
strainin ma een tae catch a glimpse on page 52

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan I got a glimpse o' Bunty, on page 136

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
an here an there she got the glimpse o fit she thocht wiz faces. F
1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I caught a glimpse o id whaen on page 88

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Maks a fine change ta glimpse yirsel in da mirror an tink d (2019) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I got a glimpse o orcas dis evenin. Three day(2016) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Slightest glimpse frae neer tha tap, on page 30

1 matches

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
were aa efter ketchin a furst glimpse o tha procession cumming up t
1 matches

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