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Use in varieties of Scots

handbag Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 6.9 8 0 5.8 0 8.8
Number of occurrences2113 5 0 1 0 2
Number of authors16 9 4 1 2

Occurrences of handbag 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
is is mah seat,' ah stick mah handbag oan the table, knockin hers a on page 5
back. But no before a gie her handbag a wee kick. on page 6
ddle an slips suhin intae mah handbag; a pair ae her scabbiest look on page 24

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
7 o clock, fae ir handbag on page 61

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
smirked at me an opent up her handbag an took oot a blue and gold f on page 36

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
A'v focht wi the clasp oan ma handbag an A'v flung ma purse back in on page 23

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
under the seat an grabbed her handbag. on page 84
rella wis involved: the Gucci handbag wis a deid giveaway. Her step on page 85

3 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
her or Royal Wellies or Royal Handbag. And whit wis she daein stoat on page 10

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
oodnight, her knickers in her handbag. Atweenhauns, back hame, fait on page 127

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Gus continued, “Billy Handbag (the brither) he continually
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mmin who keeps her phone in a handbag when she goes - ffs who r th (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
She raiked in her leopardskin handbag and fished oot a blaik founta
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
handbag in here?" Jonsar Eck sighed "
iches in the boot (beside her handbag). Ey
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
set. She teen a photo fae her handbag an showed it tae ma sayin thi
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Papercraft handbag with free lip balm only £1 a(2016) search twitter

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
'll need to tak dis oot in my handbag https://t.co/a6KvpsQyBA(2017) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e as she remuived ocht frae a handbag an dabbed hir face. She turnt on page 1

1 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
slip oan a skirt an a matchin handbag, naeb'dy toul him there wus o on page 44

1 matches

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