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Use in varieties of Scots

cushie-doos Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.5 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences117 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of cushie-doos in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
e the widds, and see whit the cushie-doos are sayin. Sae she clapped hi on page 1
'Whit are ye sayin, cushie-doos?' she spiered. Och, this and on page 2
ell me, sae he disna ken. The cushie-doos dinna ken. The watter-craw wi on page 3
Whit did the cushie-doos say? on page 4

4 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
And the cushie-doos are cooin, on page 75
And the cushie-doos are mooin, on page 76

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tae bribe cushie-doos fur support ower-heid. on page 5

1 matches

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
pen an ink drawing i' ma pet cushie-doos. She can illustrate yer pets (2018) search twitter
rd decoy working tae scare ma cushie-doos neebour! https://t.co/zmpW95S(2018) search twitter
r satisfying than haen aa yer cushie-doos in a dreel in the reef! https(2018) search twitter
appy Faither’s Day abidy. Ma cushie-doos gied me this: https://t.co/ys(2020) search twitter