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Use in varieties of Scots

tops Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 4.6 9 49.7 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences219 6 5 0 1 0
Number of authors17 8 5 3 1

Occurrences of tops in Corpus

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Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Haa wis left wi his favourite tops an a grand cheer went up. Dav on page 94

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
, ah remember hinkin that the tops o cheir umbrellas looked like on page 42

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
œJosie, noo I reckon she even tops Senga on the disingenuous fro
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
I’d bawl it fae the roof tops
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
Should take us aboot 15 mins tops tae get there... ?? (2023) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
tables, covered o'er wi glass tops. She never hurried me. That w (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
r been n aw ma retro football tops finally fit me so silver lini (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hat drink non alcoholic lager tops lol (2021) twitter link
n his hair doon efter a lager tops lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fae Bros an Grolsch bottle tops on yer docs, on page 34

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
he found till be nothin but e tops o e trees under wheech she he on page 50

1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
bakes, buns an' baps they're tops

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
bakes, buns an' baps they're tops
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Tops aff!! Lovely sunny day aat Cr(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
hreuder92 ?? nah lighting was tops. Wee bit o glare aff the auld(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Halter neck tops and platform shoes. on page 42
yi'd find me in blue strippid tops on page 100

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
on tops o wardrobes; under stairs. on page 93

1 matches

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
Fishermen wi lap tops,
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
he funnd tae b' nithin but th tops o th trees under which she he on page 51

1 matches

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