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Use in varieties of Scots

shoogly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 9.8 6 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2619 4 1 0 1 1
Number of authors24 18 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of shoogly in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
- him thit painted thae big shoogly e'en an' thae noses comin' ri on page

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
pits and your mither and this shoogly table that taks mair o a body on page 75

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ther wis skraichin, pointin a shoogly finger at her man. 'Check yer on page 54

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that his saiket wis on a gey shoogly nasl an thocht he'd be better on page 124

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Coat's oan a shoogly peg on page 35

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ye'll mebbe ken, here means "shoogly" or "liable tae faw tae bits" on page 2

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wis a wee bit shoogly, tho clashed wi dauds o tar.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e forces, Unity got aff tae a shoogly stert, but, by 1946, they hae
cial rock whan resources were shoogly ithergates. It een got tae th
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
That step's gey shoogly, whaur ye fell.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
t-ersed an their coats are on shoogly pegs. In years tae come bairn
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The barra’s awfy shoogly, but then, so’s ma legs the
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
banged hes neive doon oan the shoogly liggit tabletap, happit wi a
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Your chippit tiles an’ shoogly stairs.
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
jaikit leuks tae be on a gey shoogly peg. Whan it comes tae the di
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
doon a brae, rummelt across a shoogly brig owre a burn, then birlt
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@fourmenterian tweeted
a Brexit the £ won't be on a shoogly peg, it'll be in free fall(2016) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@stewartbremner shoogly peg(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
gloss @ethylsmith Guid point. Shoogly peg..... I dinnae think sae. (2018) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iggelty-piggelty cupboords an shoogly draars. on page 20

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n rouner, or her hann gat aat shoogly wi laachin at she naarhan lat on page 19
days hed she seen sodgers sae shoogly on their feet. They war aye h on page 90

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
gaun roon, and yer face is aa shoogly, I canna makk it oot.'
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
odd bits o plesterboard fae a shoogly, unsafe load. on page 83

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hocht), an eet said, in a low shoogly voice, "Let oo get tae th sho on page 22

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Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
s Jenny trip-trapped ower the shoogly wuid.
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