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The word 'comb'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
combOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 4
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of comb in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s spreched as Meenie haaled a comb trowe dir tick hair. “Ma-aa
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
proaching a rock, far she’d comb her hair,
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
So pu'ed a comb ower ma heid on page 139

1 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
on the moothie en Bob on the comb en paper
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
onsmatch Wiz Jarvie born wi a comb ower?(2020)

(South) East Central

Scott, Finola Lallans 102 - The Galloway Hoard, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
King o Faithers, comb throbbin. on page 10

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
bedroom wi her hairbrush and comb on it, and twa library books. on page 204

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ir heid wi her big, mad metal comb. Ah hatet the way she always on page 169

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
ir heid wi her big, mad metal comb. Ah hatet the way she always
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ailshed ma bits up an’ rana comb through ma hair
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh dinna evin need ti comb meh hair on page 103
comb oot mi hair. on page 104

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
cockieleerie wi a bricht reid comb cam struntin ower. The cockie on page 86

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
a comb fir yir hair on page 30

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ginated from the shape of his comb [wattles], which has consider
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
aen tae ffirstand at the naem Comb; is mair nor liklie ane Auld
1 matches

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
Morning Brian, yeah need tae comb yer hair pal ???? (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
He strutted aroon wi his comb in the air proudly displaying
1 matches

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