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Use in varieties of Scots

comb Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.1 6 0 5.8 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences1810 4 0 1 2 1
Number of authors16 8 4 1 2 1

Occurrences of comb in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
bedroom wi her hairbrush and comb on it, and twa library books. on page 204

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh dinna evin need ti comb meh hair on page 103
comb oot mi hair. on page 104

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ir heid wi her big, mad metal comb. Ah hatet the way she always on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
cockieleerie wi a bricht reid comb cam struntin ower. The cockie on page 86

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
a comb fir yir hair on page 30

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
ir heid wi her big, mad metal comb. Ah hatet the way she always
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ginated from the shape of his comb [wattles], which has consider
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ailshed ma bits up an’ rana comb through ma hair
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
So pu'ed a comb ower ma heid on page 139

1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
proaching a rock, far she’d comb her hair,
1 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
on the moothie en Bob on the comb en paper
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
onsmatch Wiz Jarvie born wi a comb ower?(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s spreched as Meenie haaled a comb trowe dir tick hair. “Ma-aa
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
aen tae ffirstand at the naem Comb; is mair nor liklie ane Auld
1 matches

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
Morning Brian, yeah need tae comb yer hair pal ???? (2022) twitter link

Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
He strutted aroon wi his comb in the air proudly displaying
1 matches

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