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The word 'kid-gloves'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kid-glovesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.5185
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire 52.4 4 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
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 kid-gloves in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
cy dressed, wi a pair o white kid-gloves in wan han an a beeg fan in e on page 16
t sprung back dropped e white kid-gloves an e fan, an skurried awy int on page 17
wan o e Rabbit's peedy white kid-gloves while she wis talkan. "How ca on page 19
or three pairs o peedy white kid-gloves: she took up e fan an a pair on page 32

4 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he nines, wae a pair ae white kid-gloves in wan haun an a big on page 17
violently, drapped the white kid-gloves an the fan, an seurrit away i on page 18
or three pairs ae totey white kid-gloves: she took the fan an a pair a on page 34

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
toff, wi a pair o white kid-gloves in yae haun, an a big fan in on page 17
yin o the Rabbit's wee white kid-gloves while she wis talkin. "Hou cu on page 19
-three pair o totie wee white kid-gloves: she picked up the fan an a p on page 33

4 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
up, wi a pair o white kid-gloves in yin haun an a muckle fan i on page 17
n yin o th rabbit's wee white kid-gloves while she was gabbin. "How ca on page 19
or threi pairs o teency white kid-gloves: she took up th fan an a pair on page 33

4 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
nigged oot, wi a pair o white kid-gloves in yin haun an a big fan in t on page 18
n yin o the rabbits wee white kid-gloves whin shae wus taakin. "What w on page 20
r the fan an the pair o white kid-gloves, an shae quare an kinely stai on page 33

3 matches

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