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Use in varieties of Scots

roosty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 0.5 18.1 69.6 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences231 12 7 3 0 0
Number of authors12 1 5 4 2

Occurrences of roosty in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
mson's braid back as the ance roosty coulter an plooshare, nou bur on page 17

1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Tod’s Thoucht , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
throu tae ma roosty tail on page 79

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e table coontin siller inte a roosty blue biscuit tin. on page 59
ten broon curtin hingin fae a roosty rail. "An it's a waste o sill on page 70

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
k in e warl, far it'll get aa roosty an moch etten, an a thief mit on page 14

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The Mintie brithers war rowin roosty pushbikes an Feel Freddie wis on page 8
's choice o evenin weer aff a roosty hingir. on page 38

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
throu tae ma roosty tail on page 19

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
mbed pleat, hair the colour o roosty iron, green cat's een an a ha
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
l glowered ben the bars o his roosty cage, an grat. Tommy Bruce, t
ootbye in the gairden, growin roosty an scratty an
e skip heid, alongside bins o roosty tins, auld bedspreads, an a r
3 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
The laist thing he felt wiz a roosty blade on the back o’ his ne
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Aal the roosty skeletons o the scuttled Germ on page 37
A roosty owild can, filled wi petrol h on page 41

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
roosty barbed wire on page 6

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
roosty an gray an reed an cream on page 17
shards o plastic, roosty cans. on page 49
smooth fine cloot, bright roosty reed, on page 101

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Roosty Nell on page 136

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
der nae sign o da roosty trawler on page 69

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
pewed oot smok lik whaanious, roosty mallies, an aff dey set sail
ide da 'Meerie Meggie's' red, roosty hull, John filled wi sorrow a
2 matches

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