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Use in varieties of Scots

pump Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 9.8 10.6 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3019 7 2 1 0 1
Number of authors23 12 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of pump 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Bit of style. Along the path. Pump, pump, pump, pump. That's the on page 1

4 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an the women at the pump on page 62
at the pump on page 64

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a beamin smile and a wee fist pump in the air. on page 190

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s pluffin her up wi a bicycle pump. on page 137
nd ye licht it at the tap and pump it tae get pressure fur the f on page 180

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tery things lik spanners an a pump an her pink an purple Spokey on page 42

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
he'd be blawn up wi a pooerfu pump. Muckle fozie faulds o fat ba on page 26

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
MUCKLE PUMP AHEID on page 27

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
cam, and hoo ye mak a Sookin Pump (if ye want tae) and when Kni on page 164
in the dwam he and Sir Sookin Pump and Sir Brazil and Factors aw on page 165

2 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nicht for consolation, and a pump ablow the claes for company. on page 47

1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
it replaced an auld cast irn pump wi a lang irn hanle tae crank
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Past the pump on the green
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
media player so's it wid jist pump oot aw day an' A widnae huv t
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
the dump Jazza fun a bicycle pump A loast intrist an went hame
1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tae Boddim, a weis hayen tae pump thi braik's mair an mair, cus on page 65

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
I full't the kettle at the pump. on page 87

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ase windae wi the aal stirrup-pump his faither had kept fae his on page 72

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
box an a pre-war Shell Petrol pump that doubled as a watter cont
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Sellin petrol cheaper at the pump
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
should iwise mind he yised to pump @Amy__Macdonald rotten https:(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
Id love tae pump andy murrays dame(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
id, "Hid's a block in me fuel pump and a piston brokk, furbye." on page 41

1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
air-source haet pump an double glazeen
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
da soap bottles to git 1/2 a pump. Its plenty to wash dy hands (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Pump thon weight on page 43

1 matches

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