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The word 'lipper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lipperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4148
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 52.3 9 3
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 lipper in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout No a lipper on the night!(2020)

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
My haert an voice lipper ower wi joy an tanks ta da GÃ on page 37
da heevens sing; lat da aert lipper ower wi joy; on page 42
Lochs 'll fill up, an wells lipper ower. on page 55
'Du langsome lipper, du kent dat I wid lippen som on page 106

5 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
at Miss Manson is a tirn aald lipper at hates bairns." on page 31
"Ah'm seen da wye yun peerie lipper fae da Punds is aye needin de on page 37
aye says yun Sooth Rodd is a lipper ta cross i da rush oor. We're on page 52

3 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
@Thorschild cheeky lipper! ??(2016)

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
uckle collieshangie o fowk. A lipper cam up till him an booed doon on page 16

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
in a bun. Ti her, lug-babs an lipper were inventions o the De'il. on page 74

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I ettled fir ti mak the lipper hale. on page 42

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
id tirned wi the skinkil, the lipper, the douce smells an souns an
1 matches

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