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The word 'crush'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crushOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82218
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of crush in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
balances the crush. on page 3

1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
culd wrap aroond the earth an crush it wi a shak;
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
, an Eddie wis my big teenage crush. I shared a desk wi Nancy Pet on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
en wi a gasp o pleasure I’d crush it wi ma tongue on the roof o
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
es Ma sais. Ah hink she hid a crush on him. 'Mairrit yer da cos o on page 44

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
nsive - rebellious Scots tae crush eh? Aye fitiver (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
on their sowls wi his snakes, crush them wi his tail and then tea on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Then, as he went tae crush ma Adam's apple intae a fine on page 199

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@LEAFA_Official ffs - a cood crush a grape - make it happen vil (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tanks were sent tae crush a nascent nation. on page 41
Urged Redcoats tae crush 'rebellious scots' hairns. on page 42

2 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
itie an were cairted aff, the crush in the auld toun wis relievit on page 8

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
hed back in the ranks, by the crush, an’ only got as far as the
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
drain the last ae mah can, an crush it. 'If ah beat everycunt her on page 11
'Still just playing Gandy Crush. Still very much awake.' on page 29

2 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Crush him like a worm.
1 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
muckle, crush-curvin biggins, on page 40

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ckin an craiturs in the wids. Crush an scaiter the names A hae fi on page 4

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
the Twitter fan quine Lassie crush pride for iday but gin she ha(2020)
a week's queen o the fan girl crush!(2020)
wsOrkney Poleetical fan quine crush o the day @MareeToddMSP(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
tae crush ye bit A'm feart an gled at y on page 11

1 matches

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