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The word 'handbag'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
handbagOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
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 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of handbag in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
'll need to tak dis oot in my handbag https://t.co/a6KvpsQyBA(2017)

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
set. She teen a photo fae her handbag an showed it tae ma sayin thi
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Papercraft handbag with free lip balm only £1 a(2016)

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
She raiked in her leopardskin handbag and fished oot a blaik founta
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
handbag in here?" Jonsar Eck sighed "
iches in the boot (beside her handbag). Ey
2 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
under the seat an grabbed her handbag. on page 84
rella wis involved: the Gucci handbag wis a deid giveaway. Her step on page 85

3 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Gus continued, “Billy Handbag (the brither) he continually
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mmin who keeps her phone in a handbag when she goes - ffs who r th (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
smirked at me an opent up her handbag an took oot a blue and gold f on page 36

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
7 o clock, fae ir handbag on page 61

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
is is mah seat,' ah stick mah handbag oan the table, knockin hers a on page 5
back. But no before a gie her handbag a wee kick. on page 6
ddle an slips suhin intae mah handbag; a pair ae her scabbiest look on page 24

3 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
her or Royal Wellies or Royal Handbag. And whit wis she daein stoat on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
A'v focht wi the clasp oan ma handbag an A'v flung ma purse back in on page 23

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
oodnight, her knickers in her handbag. Atweenhauns, back hame, fait on page 127

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
slip oan a skirt an a matchin handbag, naeb'dy toul him there wus o on page 44

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e as she remuived ocht frae a handbag an dabbed hir face. She turnt on page 5

1 matches

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