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The word 'scratcher'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scratcherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4139
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scratcher in Corpus

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General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Edith next door gets oot her scratcher(2016)
et up at strange oors? oot ma scratcher 5am, pitch black, weet ootsid(2017)
ight cap at hame & aff tae ma scratcher????(2018)
ater wee yon auld wooden back scratcher that’s been in the kitchen d(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ed, angry noo. "Get oot O yir scratcher." on page 8

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nosetaylor1 am no long oot ma scratcher m8 n its barry tae c a cheery (2021) twitter link
Moyes1108 get eer erse oot ur scratcher ur bells no wurkin lol (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
n ma Dad, he wiz still in ees scratcher. Exhaustit poor sowel.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae be discreet ‘get oot yer scratcher ya fanny!’
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ecidit he'd raither be in his scratcher than staunin in ma room in hi on page 38

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah'm content as a lie in ma scratcher the nicht, but ah feel awfae on page 53

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
this mornin! - in his bluidy scratcher that's whaur! Wadna ken hoo t on page 65

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@hornet_2011 e back ti yir scratcher yit #edeworkintherain #softco(2012)