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The word 'baldy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
baldyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12610
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central 64.4 14 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of baldy 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ate o at!" Muggie noddit it a baldy-heided laad wi hauf-mast troo on page 59
r the grave. He claaed it the baldy spot at wis statin te appear on page 78

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in aboot?" Ivor rubbit it is baldy croon an leukit es nervous es on page 10

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
eet dishcloot ower the cut an baldy scalp. on page 36

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
en a bluebell laddie called a baldy dingle - is it u thats the b (2020) twitter link
cht guys - but where wis the baldy dingle - thanks fir the drin (2020) twitter link
the baldy dingle wis sensational 2 nite (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
the skin so he ended up wi a baldy white ring roond his heid, li on page 30
'He wis baldy, Daddy.' on page 51
Ye're hurtin him. He micht go baldy!' on page 143
Ah'm richt gled ye never gaed baldy efter last Thursday.' on page 209

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ah said. Ahah Kirsty's got a baldy. Shut it. AHA BALDY. on page 94
school this mornin wi a total baldy an evrubdy wis up pure clappi on page 157

7 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ed awa’ by some geezer wi a baldy heid an’ an orange toga anâ
h Hare Krishnas bit wi’ the baldy’s n’ the togas ye dinnae
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
nits They cannae cut it oan a baldy heid
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
€™s comin’ up tae this auld baldy geezer, an’ it's wan, two a
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Broonie says, shakin his wee baldy nut. on page 29
e a grin n rubs Broonie's wee baldy heed. on page 48

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
kpack fur ma bunnet. A ken ma baldy heid’ll get roastit staunin
1 matches

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