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The word 'retreat'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
retreatOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12619
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 3
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
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 retreat in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
quiet place' - her haven and retreat on page 57

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
An retreat't intil dignified silence
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ither en. Jonsar beat a hasty retreat.
Midges an flees pits me intae retreat,
2 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
An made a tactical retreat. on page 17

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
oot an ordered the troops tae retreat. That wis when Neilly disappe on page 73

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
In thet owre temperate retreat on page 91

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
immy when he wis bored at the retreat an cuid only think o the rain
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
it, in defence o thair muckle retreat, that the butcher squadron ha
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nou Tivoli - became a rural retreat frae whilk he explored the ca on page 101

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
slowly, ready tae mak a hasty retreat, when I saw a glint o metal a
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
as a charge an a retreat meant on page 44

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
had had enough an’ forced a retreat frae Derby, he treated us awâ
wa’ frae their fire. On the retreat, we were raked by fire frae a
frae Derby, made oor lang retreat,
3 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ead - an Derek is beatin his retreat as the wifey says
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
4 new mount an led his men in retreat throu Strathaven whaur, tae t on page 38
they got a feckless otder tae retreat frae their strang pynt, an mu on page 39

2 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
n gress fra whilk thare is na retreat, on page 112

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
In thet owre temperate retreat on page 91

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In that ower temperate retreat on page 54

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Retreat within in ye'r ain wee shell on page 7

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ma lang retreat is ower
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
cuid ca ae ‘simmer retreat’ bi Mrs Forman, ay, mebbies
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Retreat wi'in yer wits agin, on page 21

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
wor, retreat. The policy approach o' owre on page 13

1 matches

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