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Use in varieties of Scots

barmaid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 2.1 24.1 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences214 16 0 1 0 0
Number of authors9 3 5 1

Occurrences of barmaid in Corpus

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Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
ain a guid time till the daft barmaid shouted, "It is aw, yeez will
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ya cheeky wee bastart?’ the barmaid, who looks tae be in her earl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e attention ay the overworked barmaid is McDade’s cousin, Johnny
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
r, ah hit it aff wi Margo the barmaid. The Big Man Upstairs saved m
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I used tae be cruel tae ma barmaid on page 130

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
hole, the barmaid said." Awa back tae the Circl
r of the club sir?" Asked the barmaid o this affa posh bar
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e waddin sixth-haun, throwe a barmaid lassie at the Balbutt Airms f
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Amy Kincaid wis the barmaid at the Bruntland the nicht Ab
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Says to barmaid, fits gan on wee the prices o(2016) search twitter
This is the new barmaid at Fittie!! I jist aboot choc(2018) search twitter
yon new whiskey that the heed barmaid his tacken in tae the bar wid(2018) search twitter
yon happy wee that Fittie Bar barmaid / manager lassie! Canna get m(2018) search twitter
oot by half past seven as yon barmaid turns the place intae a bloom(2019) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
the pub wi his sash on an the barmaid recognised whit he wis up tae(2021) search twitter