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The word 'grub'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grubOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.23917
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 159.3 15 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of grub 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
lecture on the poisons in me grub on page 59
cheust sittan gaspan fur the grub. on page 70
they cheust come here fur the grub. on page 81

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iry's te aet ess special diet grub an nae extras," said Alec, hu on page 71

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Wull er bi free drink an grub?" on page 28

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
. A’d nivvir seen that much grub in aw ma life! Bit Key minded
1 matches

Aberdeen

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
By the time the grub is on a superstore tray

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
By the time the grub is on a superstore tray
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
only place tae get late nicht grub
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
in' a liquid lunch instead o' grub on page 90

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
the bar! Tried tae change bar grub fer the day, bit still liver (2018)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
uy @DavidCCraig Fin ivver ers grub gan aboot, a Labs' nae far aw(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
en risotto frozen ready meal. Grub fit enough fur a mass murdere on page 115

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
rie's Heavy tae wesh doun the grub.' Clancy telt the laddie that on page 59

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
She likes fowk tae enjoy thur grub. Ah hurried up. Whin ah feeni
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ride). Life wis great. Plenty grub, Maw wis a guid hunter, she d
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
her said that it wis a docken grub, I think it wis the larva o s
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
l cicada spends six year as a grub unnergrund, and nae mair than on page 3

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh kin let meh grub go cald or hairy mouldy on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he constant cauld, the coorse grub an the back-breakin work o hu on page 36
wi owerwinterin. That wis the grub. The ships aye cairried enoug on page 37
red he nearly misst haein his grub - an that had nivver been se on page 50
e box are aye bangin on aboot grub - hou we're aw supposed tae on page 55
eck o them - tho the chyce o grub ye haud wisnae onicthin like on page 56
Also on pages 72, 87, 110
14 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
l, the nixt night, we got wir grub an wir vino, an wir haircuts on page 136

1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
all the same. 'Let's get some grub doon you, eh, how's aboot tha on page 42

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tchen oot wi mair than enough grub fur a week. There’s even a
1 matches

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
encouraging him tae show his grub photo's, eat the grub, and sa (2023) twitter link