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Use in varieties of Scots

cushie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 10.6 19.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3220 12 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 4 6

Occurrences of cushie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
e the widds, and see whit the cushie-doos are sayin. Sae she clapp on page 1
'Whit are ye sayin, cushie-doos?' she spiered. Och, this on page 2
ell me, sae he disna ken. The cushie-doos dinna ken. The watter-cr on page 3
Whit did the cushie-doos say? on page 4

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
pou back in a hurry: a muckle cushie doo had flewn intae her face, on page 44

10 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'It's comin, ma cushie-doo,' Mrs Wormwidd cried frae on page 54
'Ye're richt there, ma wee cushie-doo,' Mr Wormwidd said, giein on page 91

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
And the cushie-doos are cooin, on page 75
And the cushie-doos are mooin, on page 76

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Ma cushie-doo,' said Mr Tod, 'I can sno on page 10

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tae bribe cushie-doos fur support ower-heid. on page 5

1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the saft ru-hooo, ru-hooo o a cushie-doo. "Ye ken aa the beasties, on page 44

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
set oot i the laa: 'A pair o cushie doos or twa young doos'. on page 82
d. It grew tae be a tree an e cushie doos come tae reest amo its b on page 104

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ir than wee, compared tae the cushie doo. In five weeks the
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
is voice as sweet an low as a cushie doo. He hid gaen Minnie her h
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
pen an ink drawing i' ma pet cushie-doos. She can illustrate yer (2018) search twitter
rd decoy working tae scare ma cushie-doos neebour! https://t.co/zm(2018) search twitter
r satisfying than haen aa yer cushie-doos in a dreel in the reef! (2018) search twitter
r bets bi telegram or carrier cushie-doo!(2018) search twitter
Foos yer doos? Ma cushie-doo mannie wooing his quine i(2019) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@cligeey tweeted
eFoggie Ach all jist send the cushie ower instead(2020) search twitter

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