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Use in varieties of Scots

waistcoat Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.1 3 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences116 2 1 0 1 1
Number of authors7 3 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of waistcoat in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
a waistcoat-poacket afore, or a watch tae on page 8

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
bit tuck a fobwatch oot o tts waistcoat-pouch, an luikt at it, an the on page 7

2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
Ah ay thought - bit Ah hid a waistcoat an a black felt cowboy-hat wi
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Black as the earl-o-hell’s waistcoat tae, the bairn, an she sae pa
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
as his haun dipped intae his waistcoat pouch. ‘Here’s a florin f
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
tually took a watch oot o tds waistcoat-poket, an looked at id, an th on page 7
ore seen a rabbit wi eether a waistcoat-poket, or a watch till take o on page 8

2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Near as black as Satan's waistcoat, peedie reed eyes lowan brigh on page 50

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
'er seen a rabbit wi either a waistcoat-pooch, or a watch tae tak oot on page 8

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
had niver seen a rabbit wi a waistcoat poaket nor a waatch tae tak o on page 7

1 matches

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