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Use in varieties of Scots

wallies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 7.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1615 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of wallies in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
He cleaned his wallies, howked his nose on page 20
'King (has ain wallies) wants a Queen.' on page 21
Whit his lang shairp white wallies meant. on page 36
'Whit MUCKLE BIG WALLIES I hae! on page 40

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
that rattles yer wallies each time yer neighboor goes, on page 47

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
hite teeth, but they wir jist wallies. That wis typical. The Lalor on page 76

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
r, scrub yer hauns, prush yer wallies, blaw yer neb, cut yer fingir on page 61
d smiled, shawin bonnie white wallies, His skin wis rosy-white, his on page 87
DOOR - THEY'LL GIE HIM GREEN WALLIES FOR A HAILL MONTH. on page 137
passed oot, Grannie Jockina's wallies shot oot o her mooth, Granda on page 173

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
SKINKLY-DENT FOR CLEANIN YER WALLIES. It wis a white pooder. In th on page 21

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
hes pit aw the peypers intil wallies an on page 11

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
He fund a set o wallies as weel which turned oot tae on page 24
gainst the dug's sherp deidly wallies. on page 51

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aking to people like they are wallies - what a roaster u r jason - (2020) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aff her wallies.
1 matches

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