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Use in varieties of Scots

gadgie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 18.1 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4136 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 12 3

Occurrences of gadgie in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
eel-kent that if a hon eats a gadgie that's feelin crabbit at the on page 20

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
angin' and squashed unner sum gadgie's oxter, stuck in a traffic j on page

12 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n the middle ay a word. A wee gadgie wearin fifties schuil shorts, on page 3

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
aid Mr Tod. 'I can snowk that gadgie Beek a mile aff. He's totally on page 33
awfie hungry gadgie - and if ye dinna uptail and on page 62

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aw, get a swatch at this unco gadgie comin oot frae the mist!" on page 5
er, but tae let on as if this gadgie wis her husband, even jist fo on page 77
ncoot is aboot tae stairt!" a gadgie wi a clipboard shoutit. "Plac on page 138

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
he's the gadgie that fell oot o heaven on page 78

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ye thocht he wis the smertest gadgie in the Kingdom. Noo here he w on page 65

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hare for the hinnermaist ane, gadgie, haes been in the Concise Sco
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
whin the hinges tore Bit the gadgie they wantit wisnae thair.
new perr a’ shoes Whin the gadgie says the rain wis comin’ A
Bit the gadgie says the fish wis aff
whin the hinges tore Bit the gadgie they wantit wisnae there. Tat
in heedin’ fur the boat Wan gadgie hud anurra bey the throat E s
5 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ng she wid see o him wid be a gadgie, wi aboot eicht inches oan he
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
Yon warehoos gadgie in his dun
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
This is disgustin. Unless the gadgie wis lyin aboot bein infectit,(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
efs fae crossgates - a local gadgie lol (2020) twitter link
ay nights alright fir fightin gadgie lol (2020) twitter link
own @SaltSportsLive the radio gadgie is defo a bit slow on the upt (2020) twitter link
is it jist too cauld fir the gadgie? (2021) twitter link
cheers - the gadgie who unfollowed me had nae opt (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
rie gings. Abdy says the only gadgie that deid wiz the man fa plan
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
fmBreakfast @CaroleInnes0 Aht gadgie wiz the 70s equivalent o Bez.(2020) search twitter
oeheenan Is this nae the same gadgie that himself voted by mail?(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
the mair common traivler wird GADGIE. Ither traveller wirds that a (2021) twitter link
torytellers, singers. joogle, gadgie, mangin @Historic_Ally @Davie (2020) twitter link

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