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The word 'bawbee'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bawbeeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.23917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 58.9 18 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 91.7 7 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bawbee in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
For damn't in the eyn not a bawbee they got on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
seyl tae thi scrappy fur sum bawbee's, fin thi caim across aw thi on page 5
aifter heis spennen aa theis bawbee's buyen her, She wis dammeyge on page 18
a weis affruntet tae ask fur bawbee's. Oneywuiy, we got entae thi on page 30
e sikken tae say "Am siken ma bawbee's," bit a weis shaiy keyn eit on page 31
ob. "A maneyged tae hay anuff bawbee's fur twa big bag's a broth m on page 32
Also on pages 38, 60, 68
13 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Are spurdies nae five tae e bawbee? Yet nae a een o them is forg on page 102
peer weeda wumman pittin in a bawbee. He said, "Lat ma tell ye, is on page 114

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hey didna ken far their neist bawbee wis comin frae.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
orth that's the question mark bawbee gremlin fixed, thanks again f(2014)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
, for aa that Ah'd thrown the bawbee on the fleer, an he widna dae on page 109

1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
the court is worth mair nor a bawbee in the pouch'. on page 8

2 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
auchs that I'v narrae a broun bawbee. on page 39

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
h'll suin be doon tae ma last bawbee!' on page 105

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
oot his haun tae sneck up the bawbee. But afore his fingers could
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ands twa maiks aff yer een, a bawbee and on page 75

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Psstt, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
a bawbee
wi a penny- a bawbee
a penny- a bawbee-
a penny- a bawbee
a bawbee- a bawbee
6 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'Whin she's left wioot a bawbee, on page 11

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Upon a bawbee's thraw, peyed siller wins on page 31

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e sodger had bunged him a wee bawbee mair times than he could mind on page 46

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
(1618-1648) maistly tae mak a bawbee or twa, will shairly bring tu on page 110

1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
...... @IshbelMcF The Bawbee Brig ower the Leven. #fringes(2016)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
is a word but I claim my twa bawbee.(2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
ver, naebody's gien me a bare bawbee for the spakin o it! (2014) twitter link