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Use in varieties of Scots

humphy-backit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 2.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences65 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of humphy-backit in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
o him as bentowre, e'en a bit humphy-backit, but gif he'd stood up at tha on page 75

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Grannie sat humphy-backit in her chair by the windae. T on page 38

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
or a humphy-backit wummin on page 25

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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a back gate. The toon stauns humphy-backit, keeps its counsel, thraan.
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@billykayscot tweeted
rn of Dura Street, he “wis a humphy-backit twister.” https://t.co/9Zcip(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
y nicht, mind ye. Ee's like a humphy-backit camel: ee can gae fir echt da on page 40

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