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The word 'dolly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dollyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus42.413819
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 75.4 17 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 437.1 96 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 dolly in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ve it :-) last book oot was a Dolly Parton biography https://t.co(2016)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
up a peerie bit. Stay strong dolly and you’ll be dancin ageen s (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e-heidit lassie. "She's caaed Dolly...weel...aat's nae her real n on page 55
id she likes te dress up like Dolly fin she's oot on the toon, so on page 56
beets. "Folk say Ah'm as like Dolly they canna believe't - espee on page 58
Dolly's a full-time job." on page 59
ayed aa ower the warld wi yer Dolly Parton tribute band," said St on page 60
Also on pages 62
12 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ablow them wis twa aal maids, Dolly an Kitty Jamieson, an on the on page 72

1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
"There's Dolly Bruce, the kitchie deem," say on page 124

8 matches

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
nurses tae bring me a fouth o dolly mixter sweeties an anither pa on page 6

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
enaylor oh that's nae so good dolly :-( I'm feelin nae bad at a, (2012)
teenager haha. Fir you wearin dolly?(2011)
@aimeeannenaylor dolly dolly fit's the craic? You're sound(2011)
ylor Fit wye ye in a bad mood dolly? Cum bbsit for me!!!!(2011)
aimeeannenaylor how ye feelin dolly? x(2012)
and 2 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
the dryin oot, like. Aw they dolly birds, models, film stars. He on page 1

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ine hus decided tae dress her dolly up in theday.
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Mah wee pal, Dolly, has never been tae Craig Tar on page 1
want our usual seats, Angie,' Dolly says tae me as she applies he on page 2
um kit an guitars an aw that. Dolly goes tae take oor usual seat on page 3
ht, promise you won't laugh,' Dolly says as she takes her phone b on page 4
, 'Ladies,' she says as me an Dolly walk up tae her. on page 5
Also on pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33
95 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Cried Molly or Dolly on page 75

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
goodby Dolly
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
paint splats like dolly mixtures aa ower the flair - on page 95

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A dolly mibbe or a baw, on page 90

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Dolly grew, ages wi her ain erst ce on page 34

1 matches

Annand, J. K. Lallans 75 - Yule, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
And cups for dolly’s tea
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Here's yer dolly, on page 25

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
bel stuck tae his wee trolley-dolly suitcase—same colour as ma
1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
cairt ???? If thon high class dolly bird only had my heft.(2019)