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The word 'trim'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
trimOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91612
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 trim in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An back he wis in working trim as sure is cats is Cats. on page 88

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The rest aal got a trim on page 63
an too dark tae mend an darn, trim an light the lamp. on page 117

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Ta trim buttons an belt, an ta turn h on page 105

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Da. Her faither wis a heich, trim chiel wi a braw broon mowser
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
'moothie mannie waiting fir a trim on page 126

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
o an again tae keep himsel in trim. Ere
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ope e' quines gied it' a guid trim, ken?(2016)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
smell o lager an eein aw the trim, snod lassies gaen inbye, an on page 27

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
poradic - ony time ee need a trim gees a shout m8 - av goat th (2021) twitter link
ality lol - ad come in fir a trim n a blether - but av nae hai (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
eel tended, bit cuid dae wi a trim. Describin whit the Hereawa l
ck nylon, it wis white wi red trim, an decorated wi twa overlapp
2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
whistle leadin it, like a wee trim Buddha weavin fae side tae si on page 3

1 matches

General Central

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
could be gussied up wi fancy trim and shiny buttons. Whiles he on page 56

1 matches

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