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The word 'hairdresser'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hairdresserOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1109
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 hairdresser in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
in this classy cunt goes oot. Hairdresser, wi her pals, A dinna ken. Bi
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cotlandNews @NicolaSturgeon a hairdresser breathing down your neck and (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
properly twice a year at the hairdresser's, but near every month inatw on page 50
'Get me an appointment wi yer hairdresser this minute furra hair-dye jo on page 58

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a place an a newsagent's an a hairdresser's that does ear piercin on a on page 152

1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
m lauchin lik an eejit in the hairdresser! Magic! https://t.co/dj5QOn6y(2020)

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
'Widow of an Elgin Hairdresser.' on page 100

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
v thocht we wur never oot the hairdresser. on page xx

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
been.. Mrs H heading tae the hairdresser the morn's morning, so done a (2023) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ticht. Ah ken Gary lives wi a hairdresser, but that's nae excuse tae br(2020)

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