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The word 'wiped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wipedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22317
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 32.6 6 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of wiped in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
They wiped him doon wi wisps o strae tae on page 80

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
de them weet wi her tears, an wiped them wi e hairs o her heid. Y on page 92

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
misery. He shook his heed an wiped his face wi his sleeve, “Th
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
on loan, bad luck Coulson got wiped oot by Gallagher, let’s see (2022) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
hat the Pechts war in somewey wiped aff the earth in ae muckle ge
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Cinderella wiped the tears frae her e'en. "Naw on page 81

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'The mannie wiped his lips nervously wi his nap on page 39

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ne. Chris pult away fae me an wiped his lips an then he said, The on page 73
y pult away fae the lassie an wiped his lips on the back ae his h on page 169

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the distance, an she quickly wiped her eyes tae see whit wis com on page 17

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
Da sat up a wee bit and wiped his eyes aff. 'A guess all ji on page 40

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
afore him until it’s gone, wiped away in a single motion, brin
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t o me because o the dust. Ah wiped the sooty sweat fae ma broo a
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah wiped a bowl and haunded it tae ma
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
day normality ur washed away, wiped oot an forgotten, if only fur
1 matches

General Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
he glasses aa awa, washed and wiped. The last things on the bar a on page 72

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Turtle gae a muckle sigh, an wiped th back o yin flapper across on page 97

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
macelebrity everybody getting wiped oot by the avalanche o witter(2012)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
sed it ower the table. Esther wiped the blakness away. on page 5
een een whan the blakness was wiped clean. She cud hear hir plead on page 8
ae drunk. She wasnae mad. She wiped away the hair that was clingi on page 52

3 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
maistèr tuk peetie on hïm, wiped oot his debt an lut hïm gang on page 9

2 matches

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