| bookie | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 12.2 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 9.9 | 0 | 10.3 | 4.4 | |
| Number of occurrences | 39 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of authors | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
arnt me hou tae screive oot a bookie's line, hou tae pley pitch an on page 85
at, or tae gie a line til the bookie's rinner. In ae week, I lost on page 86
2 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
en remain competitive wae the bookie when it's suttin close tae be on page 28
en fucked maire times wae the bookie than a two quid hooker oan he on page 29
vision ae gittin yin oor the bookie. on page 30
meboady is aboot tae take the bookie tae the final roond. It's fun on page 40
are. "But he goat yin oor the bookie and we kin aw agree there's n on page 44
Also on pages 117
7 matches
Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ye. He looked like a scourie bookie done up tae the nines fur his on page 44
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
gnet that went on tae write a bookie or twa, an ither on page 26
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Bookie's line also-ran o it, on page 3758
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
din ma last twa pound tae the bookie. Noo, that's doo-lally! on page 35
1 matches
Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e will in later years, to the bookie's. on page 72
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
cookie' is rhymin slang for 'bookie'! This is a line for yon book on page 58
er richt nem on the line. The bookie's rinner kens whit nondyploom on page 59
ollector for Joe Swankie, the bookie. Aiblins Hecky's awe Joe a bi on page 60
6 matches
Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ther Rab tae nip doon tae the bookie and pit on her tanner Trixie.
1 matches
Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Wee Tam the Bam, the bookie’s runner Fronted up wi’ j
1 matches
McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
yer time in a bookie's ur a boozer's ye widnae kno
1 matches
@billykayscot tweeted
ty. Mind ma uncle describin a bookie as bein only in it for the (2020) search twitter
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
feenished a thriller an a wee bookie o Doric short stories." on page 30
Ah nurse the wee black bookie against ma breest, wrestlin f on page 79
2 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
nnie or wifie, wid ye read ma bookie? on page 112
Havin read I'bookie on page 139
2 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
r husband added tae oor Facey bookie page at https://t.co/p5e7CPVa(2014) search twitter
@FaeFoggie tweeted
aavie fir a filey, so bring a bookie)(2019) search twitter
Fit a rare bookie https://t.co/Z8aSoRKbwY(2019) search twitter
@fittiecrooners tweeted
and tae get beat the morn and bookie cad me athing(2016) search twitter
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Tikken fae GG Jamieson's 1937 bookie. Fun, an A doot open tae heal (2020) twitter link