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Use in varieties of Scots

skoosh Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 10.3 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2320 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors10 7 2 1

Occurrences of skoosh 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 Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
irst case wis definitely no a skoosh. on page 23

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n in ma hauns and stertin tae skoosh it. Or even better, a load o on page 153
blawn inside her and a muckle skoosh o smeddum wis lowsed. She tro on page 171
d and sterted again. It wis a skoosh noo tae caw up the power ahin on page 206

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
SKOOSH! SKOOSH!!! on page 29

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
an, NAE MAIR HONKIN DEODORANT SKOOSH, GUARANTEED, it said, TAE KEE on page 21
Geordie said tae himsel, hair-skoosh and shavin-cream and shoe-pol on page 26

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'A SKOOSH'' on page 58
Teeger" he skraiked. 'It's a skoosh.' on page 65

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ma hinnies! This yin''ll be a skoosh! Aw we need tae dae is howk a on page 44

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
it tae greet. "It wis a total skoosh, pauchlin this fortune. Noo, on page 148

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e for a daud o breid and some skoosh." on page 39

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Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Up gaes the skoosh, doun ti the loch, on page 10

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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
mfoonerin tae fund oot whit a skoosh it can be. Practisin thinkin
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
cafes furra wee cuppa. Skoosh case.’
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
echnology haes noo makit it a skoosh tae hain an study gret muckle
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MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
rs an fans o Central-European skoosh-caurs, buses an trowlybuses,
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
I makk eese o yer watter tae skoosh Kevin’s flooers? There’s
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@_DawnLeslie tweeted
tiful sound it makes as you ‘skoosh’ it... ideally straight into(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
able fir thon o us no oan the skoosh the noo @Historic_Ally? (2020) twitter link