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The word 'tossin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tossinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51812
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
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 tossin in Corpus

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Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
da ruif an could see da ship tossin apö da spindrift at wis form
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
car, stampin an snocherin an tossin her lang blaik mane. Minnie's
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
gin oot, swingin his airms an tossin thon lang siller stick in e a
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
We're tossin, turnin, an spinnin roon on page 168

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
gairden. At first ah wis jist tossin the baw back oor tae him as m on page 40
. The night before ah'd spent tossin and turnin in ma bed. Cripple on page 186

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
tossin thi caber, throwin thi hammer on page 86

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e ye don't!" the Hatter said, tossin his heid scornfully, "Widnae on page 69
"Dunderheid!" said the Queen, tossin her heid; an, turnin tae Alic on page 78

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ont verse o the sang, she kep tossin the babby ruchly up an doun, on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
fu ~ a witd which here means "tossin an turnin aw nicht lang" - o on page 94

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
e us wavin a white flag while tossin chocolate bars and fags at it(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Eejit!" said th Queen, tossin hur heid impatiently; an, tur on page 78

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t verse o the sang, shae kept tossin the weeyin up an doon ruchly, on page 60
yae dinnae!" the Hatter said, tossin haes heid contemptuously. "A on page 70

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Tossin the tirlin shaifs; on page 27

1 matches

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