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Occurrences of fou in Corpus sorted by last letter of previous word

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Central - SWE fou o blossom, braid and deep.
Central - SWE fou peacefu in ma hame.
Central - SWE Fou blythe, the fowr-year-auld ca
Central - AYR fou o theit prowess, an Claverhou
Central - LAL Fou throat o simmer's daith.
Central - LAL Fou ripe for cleckin ill, a den
Central - LAL Fou ripe for cleckin ill, a den
Ulster - PUL Fou sair that day.
Central - LAL Fou lang she wauked, puir bonny q
Ulster - PUL Fou strang that day.
Ulster - PUL Fou bonnie that day.
Central - SEC Fou ripe for cleckin ill, a den
Ulster - PUL Fou ticht that day.
Doric - DOR Fou frumlie war the burrygaves,
Central - SWE FOU
Southern - WCE fou o their latest prizes.
Doric - DOR Fou frumlie war the burrygaves,
Doric - DOR Fou frumlie war the burrygaves,
Central - AYR fou as a puggie wi in 12 bars
Doric - DOR "Fou am I tae stap it?" said the Y
Doric - DOR lease," she said blate-like. "Fou dae ye sell thaim?"
Doric - DOR ye nae!" gullert the Keing. "Fou're they gettin on wi the fech
Doric - DOR "I thocht ye meint 'Fou aal are ye?'" Ailice expounit
Central - SWE spring flooers, fresh-faced, fou o virr.
Doric - DOR ower strang fur her and sae, fou o wae, she swam doon tae the
Central - LAL A braw birkie, fou o charm,
Central - LAL room, a derk room this time, fou o corridors that twistit an t
Central - WCE An syne, fou o howp,
Central - LAL na there. She liftit his mug, fou as it wis, tae skail it in th
Doric - DOR e pairt ahint the ingle. Och, fou I wuss I cwid see thon bittie
Central - LAL 'Up and awa!' said Pooh, fou o cheer.
Central - SEC be like tae be born Scottish, fou o the same in-biggit instinct
Ulster - PUL we'll aa be pechin, houghin, fou o tha coul.
Central - LAL 'The morra?' said Roo, fou o hope.
Central - GLA Like a painter, fou brush in haund
Orkney - ORK Mee sistir, fouïr an a haf aers ouldir as me
Doric - DOR An govies, fou they grat tae see Stic muckle
Doric - DOR seer, thinkin on't efterhins, fou it cam at they gat stertit: a
Central - LAL verage, muckle kind o basket, fou o - '
Central - LAL 'Hullo? he cawed oot, fou o Joy.
Central - LAL 'Lang-heidit!' said Heehaw, fou o scorn, pittin his fit doon
Central - LAL chenn, uncouthie and uncanny, fou o warlockry and magic. Whenev
Central - LAL Fou---fou an alane,
Central - WCE Oor glesses aye hauf-fou,
Doric - DOR r the air seem 't tae be pang-fou o lhttle weeackin vyces. "Haa
Doric - DOR The chop kytht tae be pang-fou o aakin kyn o fremmit things
Central - LAL Search an rake in the pang-fou shops
Doric - DOR his heid. "Aat wuidin's pang-fou o thaim."
Doric - ABN he whuskie-bottle an get blin-fou?"
Central - SEC d an claucht it tl its lippin-fou. Mak o't a musardrie an lat n
Central - LAL e weeks he micht hae a bunnet-fou o peesweeps' eggs an mebbe a
Central - LAL Hert-fou o smeddum, twa young luves ma
Doric - DOR e nicht he beeried his hoard. Fou as a puggy he wis, and next d
Doric - DOR "Sae here a quistion for ye. Fou aal did ye say ye war?"
Doric - DOR sither your age tae stert wi. Fou aal are ye?"
Doric - DOR rowe intae Keekin-Gless Hous. Fou wad ye like aat?
Ulster - GULthe clachan o a Friday nicht: fou o drink an gulderin their hei
Doric - DOR Fit? Ye war drouthy, war ye? Fou dae ye ken she wesna drouthy
Central - LAL a fou stream o education and suppor
Central - LAL . E'en worse, he didnae hae a fou answer tae the last question
Central - LAL s gruggie an glaurish, like a fou closie,
Central - LAL wi a fou week’s menu doun the front
Central - LAL He taen a fou tube o TOOTHPASTE and skooshe
Central - SEC When a fou-grown deer fae nae kent place
Central - SWE brate by next Beltane. A amna fou sae muckle as drunk... drunk
Doric - DOR e stull staanin, for I ken na fou lang a wye roun, or we're dee
Central - AYR ae, the laich siller beam o a fou mune cast its hard eerie lich
Central - LAL he near futur. If it brings a fou academic or leeterar translat
Central - AYR tuik tae the hills. It wis a fou twal year since John Broun ha
Doric - ABN Ae time Fleeman really shaad fou socially awaur he wis, fan a
Central - LAL Wi the sled fou o plaiks, an St. Nicol as wee
Central - SEC paper hankie, awready crammed fou eh pots, bits aff an auld gre
Central - GLA An a mort-heid fou
Central - SEC pushes the doorbell, her heid fou o the bizzin bees an the kirk
Central - LAL ye'll finn nocht but a world fou o naethin
Central - LAL Speakin Hert wi its plen and fou-on utterance, unco like a med
Central - LAL s o bubblyjocks in an orchard fou o aipple trees. He didna eat
Southern - SEA fowerteen Ah mairrit Ma Lord Fou.
Central - LAL at the affcome is like tae be fou o Inglish wird order, or at l
Central - LAL nd noo it wis his turn tae be fou o admiration. "Ye hae saved u
Central - LAL n ye tame me, my life will be fou o sunlicht. I will ken the so
Orkney - ORK The fouïrd wid bees a modrenist, Mac
Central - EDN walit my wird-huird frae the fou rowth o the Scots tung. Gin w
Central - GLA tae the constant courage the fou herts o thae fechters on the
Central - SWE ited Kingdom doon an spie the fou boond o Scotland's history ye
Central - LAL surface, kythed plain, an the fou heat o his corruption sae dum
Central - SEC are, three stories up, in the fou an admirin gaze o his auld sc
Central - AYR he drinks in the fou geometry o it aa
Central - LAL he Scottish Government on the fou financial costs associatit wi
Central - DUN l wis.a real reflection o the fou disparate mak-up o Scottish s
Central - LAL ngsyne) but coudna tak up the fou import o the heivenly leid it
Central - WCE Sae thon's the fou whup, but dinnae yet gang,
Central - GLA It's the fou length o the distance o a wom
Central - LAL n in yin haund and the tassie fou o medicine in the tither. The
Central - LAL a and back. It drapped a poke fou o gowd at the sodger's feet.
Central - LAL milk in yin haund and a poke fou o messages in the tither.
Central - SWE erses waarm, thir wee machine fou
Central - LAL 'Ye're fou!' said Mr Tod.
Central - LAL ties in spangly frocks - are fou o ill ploys. If they find ye
Central - LAL Is iver, some are fou in wame,
Central - LAL heevin and the yirth are fou o yer glawrie,
Central - LAL ferlie oams, ay, the haas are fou
Central - DUN atest results. The blatts are fou o stories aboot jist hou
Central - LAL there. 'wa were fou o peels, twa were fou o sclid
Central - SWE The fields were fou o flooers,
Central - LAL teamie where the shelves were fou o aw sorts o gibbles for the
Central - EDN ert, the Provost's lungs were fou -
Central - DUN talkin aboot, the papers were fou o stories anent fowk bein hel
Central - DUN tae London - the papers were fou o the story o this brave whal
Central - AYR awa frae hame; but they were fou o muckle fremit English words
Central - NEC they were mairried wi a hoose fou o weans. Aw day Hercules went
Central - LAL irteen weans wi bairn-bed aye fou.
Central - LAL fae the college - she's aye fou
Ulster - GUL a coorse hallion wha was aye fou o drink, an that he was a hoo
Doric - ABN , whiles gleg-witted, bit aye fou o gumption.
Doric - MNA Fa's filled ye fou o fear?
Central - SWE ? Naw, nane, ah hae stowed ye fou.
Southern - SEA Hauf fou, AH slounge bi the
Southern - SEA whae wur pang fou o rummil-gumption. (Sei, “T
Central - EDN rs, and their udders wis pang fou. Efter a wee bit thocht the p
Central - LAL yin efter anither, in a sang fou o surprises.
Central - LAL Ane secont he was running fou tilt through the cornfield- b
Central - SEC e, A'l fairlie gie him a sack fou o sair banes! He's cum frae H
Central - DUN newspaper business wis still fou o nobs, bools in the mooth fo
Ulster - GULie a quare rift, an say: "I'm fou as a fitchie". http://t.co/fL
Central - SEC Bantered an bevvied thaim fou. He brocht me faur,
Central - LAL a room fou o dreamers and fowk that cann
Central - SEC Lord, but it’s Elsie I’m fou o the nou. Amen.
Doric - DOR An fou it comes the sea shid byle, A
Doric - DOR "An fou mony birthdays hae ye?"
Doric - DOR ae face wi the Reid Queen, an fou in sicht o the knowe she hed
Doric ye bide, fit ye’ve read an fou open yer lugs an heid are tae
Central - LAL e said maist fowk war guid an fou o kindness; juist daein their
Southern - SEA Doucelyke an fou o grace,
Central - DUN wee drap oot o his bottle an fou o the milk o human kindness,
Central - WCE Agin wur sodgers gleg an fou
Central - SEC Wha got lost i the haar whan fou:
Central - SWE nin lug, Tae a lassie daft an fou.
Central - NEC ff it that stood in a gairden fou o ferlies and draigons but He
Central - LAL bour – that had ayewis been fou o the colours an cries o merc
Doric - DOR e far he’d layin at he seen fou the blackness o the moss haed
Central - SEC on the drookit sofae, his een fou o joy as it gaes up an he fee
Doric - DOR aad-aff, sen Ailice didna ken fou tae stert a collieshangie wi
Doric - DOR "Ye dinna ken fou tae manage Keekin-gless kyaak
Doric n a chiel micht ettle tae ken fou muckle fowk in Scotland kent
Doric - ABN al, for it wad lat aabody ken fou they wad fare athoot him in t
Southern - SWE Hill burns are lippen fou wi snaw bree,
Doric - DOR fine gin Snuffy haedna gotten fou the nicht he beeried his hoar
Central - SEA windae, the tatterie curtain fou o holes, an skelfs o licht fr
Central - AYR ht thare cam a hussar, fleein fou, wha breinged furrit an rade
Central - LAL y trauchlesome tae capture in fou in jist ane English wird. Oni
Doric - DOR miver, there wes the knowe in fou sicht, sae there wes naethin
Central - LAL Saw snipie ettlin fou wi watter's reek,
Central - SWE ll burns in spate were reamin fou.
Central - LAL But see, your bicker's reamin fou o ale:
Central - LAL o the Bill wull "mak shair in fou that the spaken leid, the foo
Southern - SEA n Ah see ither men aye rairin fou,
Central - WCE leiteratur depairtment wes in fou support, tho Edwin Morgan an
Central - LALm in Auld Reikie, wis stoatin fou efter a nicht’s carousin whe
Central - LAL 4. Rantin Fou
Doric - DOR like, lattin on tae be tentin fou the rowein-up wes comin on, a
Doric - ABN ohn Knox in Geneva, an gettin fou an unco happy ...'
Central - LAL e pawrents thit war aye blinn fou o the John Barleycorn, an he
Doric roject tae forgaither data on fou monie fowk either spoke, read
Central - LAL e o embeddin Gaelic education fou intae the education legislati
Central - SEC k but wi an infinite nummer o fou colour plates. On Instagram A
Central - LAL elmet an sailed aff in a ship fou o Cretan warriors tae fecht t
Central - LAL ir flichts stilled tae a near fou stap ~ Jist a shiverin o capt
Central - LAL splattered intae the noo near fou pot.
Central - LAL ed won sae mony awards an war fou o admiration for the fowk wha
Doric - DOR l her hair, sen her hanns war fou. "Fedder, I'm tellin yel"
Central - LAL Gorged maet till they war fou;
Central - AYR an she drew hersel up tae her fou hicht an said gravely, "I thi
Central - GLA ck wi some menseless and ower fou nationalist. In thae four-fiv
Central - AYR ower the claith, an were ower fou tae catch him when he lowpt o
Central - LAL lt aboot trains an buses ower fou up tae cairy aw them wantin t
Central - EDN s for the nicht, but wis ower fou wi drink tae mind and steek t
Central - LAL s for the nicht, but wis ower fou tae mind tae shut the pop-hol
Southern - SEA fair fou wi the wyne. The reikie
Southern - SEA Ah im fair fou, an lang ti sleep;
Central - LAL And syne he cairried on, mair fou o hope: 'Yon wis a braw bit t
Central - LAL e aye hae magic splores, mair fou o wunner nor ony I hae telt y
Central - SEC funnier, freendlier, and mair fou o delicht than it wid hae bee
Central - LAL elloch as he got mair an mair fou. 'Aye,' said sum bodie, 'an t
Central - LAL at there shuid be ane or mair fou-time leid officer in ilka air
Southern - SEA But whan ye ir fou it maks nae odds—
Southern - SEA wes til the North an South ir fou o lairs
Central - WCE the’r nae denyin at thai ir fou o insicht an byordnar leir, (
Central - WCE uin the hostler’s smile wir fou aw wraith, but his voice wis
Southern - SEA ma freins beb awa or thay ir fou.
Central - LAL lisation o Global English) or fou owersettin intae the Scots la
Doric - ABN idna richt ken fut tae dae or fou muckle tae say. The fremd kip
Central - WCE Or whit if a frien, wha's fou, pishes the couch yae nicht o
Central - SEC . She caucht sicht o Jeanie's fou gless o watter whit wis stuid
Doric - DOR ppert! Na, nae aat een: aat's fou o moss-brummles!"
Central - LAL . 'T'd keep oot o there! It's fou o beasties and bogles!"'
Central - LAL whit aboot this kerpit, it's fou o holes,' and Hoolet
Central - LAL us. We hate it ootby. Ootby's fou o enemies. We ainly gang oot
Ulster - PUL a, cute as a gully, a heid as fou
Central - LAL pot didna seem tae be jist as fou as it had been the first time
Central - LAL il the north. The shuttle was fou o passengers, but Ah managed
Ulster - PUL Tha sheugh was fou o watter
Central - LAL An thair heids fou o flichterin dreams o fruit-d
Ulster - PUL An kirkyairds fou o banes:
Central - LAL * the local authoritie haes fou discretion tae implement the
Central - LAL , their tottie, snirket faces fou o joy at haein a new freen. S
Central - LAL His face wes fou braid, an his lauch, whan it
Central - SEC Ein Mirren wes fou wi sakles pleisur an foryet h
Doric - DOR wadna come back out (aat wes fou Ailice expleitit it efterhins
Central - LAL en uised tae seein the shelfs fou wi the exotic fuids o ither n
Central - LAL plenn joogs fou o beer
Central - LAL at ayewis left ye wi yer lugs fou o saund, even efter Kanga had
Doric - DOR “Its guid haein oor lugs fou o hull soonds.”
Southern - SEA is fou the haill tyme. Whit dis
Central - SWE and the hail warld is fou o yer muivements
Central - DUN SCOTLAND IS FOU o stories aboot fairies. Our
Central - LAL e their worship. The yaird is fou o stanes, some lyin jist as t
Central - LAL thren staundart, the prose is fou o naitral Scots gremmar an ee
Central - LAL The universe is fou o parallels:
Doric - DOR leuk at this fou fruit
Doric - DOR tae the kitchen. The sink is fou tae the brim wi dishes. Ah gu
Central - EDN The sea wis fou o fish: whiting, haddock an s
Central - DUN e sea alow, the ice field wis fou o hummocks an cliffs o ice an
Central - EDN o the gates, an his mind wis fou eneuch o ideas tae dawdle an
Central - LAL e his hame, an the palace wis fou o rumours o hoo he’d murder
Central - LAL m, and Rabbit, whase life wis fou o Important Things, said, 'Oc
Doric - DOR m, sittin there alane. He wis fou, or bynear it.
Central - DUN its o hail. Still, Wullie wis fou himsel, an wi the whisky firi
Central - WCE a china ashet. 'The cake wis fou eichteen inches in di. ameter
Central - LAL is rinnin. But the aipple wis fou o Aphrodite’s pooer an sook
Central - LAL Noo the new mintit King wis fou o hissel an ettlin tae be mic
Central - EDN increasin inertia, Niamh wis fou o plans. Bit she’d need hel
Central - LAL onythin because his mooth wis fou o haycorns..
Central - LAL t wis aw in the past an I wis fou o creative fervour.
Central - LAL es growe! His ain gairden wis fou o the bonniest flouers as wee
Central - LAL This yin thocht the spoon wis fou o corn. It hoddled ower. It p
Central - DUN iday an as usual the toun wis fou o fairmers an ithers in fer t
Central - EDN and unhonest, the fields wis fou o weeds, the biggins needit r
Central - LAL aw aboot her. The street wis fou o the smell o guid scran, but
Doric - DOR the lift wis fou o faw'n sterns...
Central - LAL soup wis a rare treat! It wis fou o brosie tatties, ingans an n
Central - LAL intae it. She saw that it wis fou o broon jibble.
Central - LAL efternoon, and the Forest wis fou o douce, lown soonds, that aw
Central - EDN drink yersels fou wi love!
Southern - SEA the garage door, wi hir airms fou o eldin fur the fyre;
Central - EDN eneuch time in the glens kens fou weel thon quare dowie feelin
Central - GLA Aw thae Autumn Collections fou o charms,
Central - LAL dum, he had yin or twa spoons fou o Roosbreakfast efter meals a
Central - LAL Hippomenes throu mirky burns fou o sherp stanes, an alang stoo
Southern - SEA Caups fou wi gowden puils o wyne!
Central - LAL d up the heavy three-quarters fou pot and cairried it oot o the
Central - LAL id. The can wis threequarters fou. He cairried it quickly back
Central - SEC they're ainly thrie quarters fou. Efter that, ye gang til the
Central - LAL Jaws muckle buckets fou o icy rains
Doric - DOR r it hed gaen skirrin awaa at fou gallop.
Central - LAL They were that fou o fear, and likewise o hate,
Central - EDN til Innerleithen and got that fou at the Reid Lion that he didn
Central - DUN an fowk are beginning tae get fou an juist aroun twa o'clock an
Doric - DOR tae hersel, "an she's broddit fou o preens!-Mith I pit your fya
Central - GLA Twins, the delite o the fit fou o rancour raw,
Southern - SEA ern licht. Man, wul Ah no git fou
Doric - DOR en at Ailice wes fair bleckit fou he cwid haad his balance; an
Central - LAL ose an the hothooses, stappit fou wi tomataes. Ilka year the bi
Central - LAL Whit if it wis a cake stappit fou wi...icin sugar and GLUE?
Central - AYR an stappit fou wi mair nor 36,000 Killie an
Doric - DOR rit fen cat, stoot an stappit fou, wun hame. At eence moose spe
Central - LAL akes wis mair an mair stappit fou wi trashtrie an havers, sae i
Central - LAL n, Oan Lidl's saunies stappit fou Belchn pounds o CO2, Sittn su
Central - LAL Treat!’, the aisles stappit fou wi aa mainer o bairns’ fant
Central - LAL y, this Scots term is stappit fou o sleekit irreverence – sae
Central - LAL bvious. The Quarto is stappit fou o ither anonymous luve poems,
Central - LAL he TV news the nou is stappit fou wi hert brakkin sichts. Puir
Central - NEC ae gang. The lift wis stappit fou wi Jap planes breingin owerhe
Central - LAL ook, and his hert wis stappit fou o luve.
Central - LAL ipedia, the hintmaist stappit fou wi wittins adae wi Second Lif
Doric - DOR ' at we're jist about stappit fou wi aat subjec, an it wad be j
Central - LAL afore a computer whan fuddelt fou. Mail Goggles yokes tae in th
Doric - DOR wey dae ye need tae get telt fou tae get rid o mowdies? Snuffy
Doric - DOR en year auld but fine he kent fou tae deal wi the little wee ma
Central - AYR But deep in his hert he kent fou weel that he wis beholden in
Doric - DOR sae's the Vricht cwidna count fou mony he glammach't: contergai
Central - DUN t Knapp an wis takkin a cairt fou o slates back tae the mill. T
Doric - DOR him open, wid ye fin a chest fou o black dirt? Lik coal dust,
Central - LAL 'He's jist fou o boonce,' said Wee Grumphie,
Central - AYR ye be hoastin wi its wee kist fou o reek.
Central - LAL Fou o love says he, juist fou o love.
Central - WCE A wist fou weel she wis wantin tae gab;
Central - AYR mbro road. Scant o siller but fou o gumption, he speirt o their
Central - LAL The bairnies war courie’t fou warm ’neth the haps,
Central - LAL e, than the een, neb an a mou fou o jaggit teeth.
Central - LAL leid-kist o the poem is forby fou o wirds that we aye ken in Mo
Central - LAL Rabbit again, and looked gey fou o himsel. "This is Serious. H
Central - LAL and this bottle here's nearly fou.'
Doric - MNA Twa aul boys baith fairly fou.
Central - SEC fter the match he wis richtly fou o praise for aw his players b
Central - LAL Ma hert wiz fou ae loathin.