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The word 'wallet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
walletOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 35.5 14 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
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)
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 wallet in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an," said Morrice, pittin his wallet awa, "aat's the first rip-aff on page 7
; fin ye tak a fiver oota yer wallet, the Queen blinks; ye're as t on page 81

2 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@IsabelOakeshott Bring yer wallet Boris nae moochin(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ert even promised tae tak his wallet which is a first. He has a bi(2016)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ughly three hunner quid in ma wallet. That cannae be right, ah hin on page 83

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tae the Social aboot losin ma wallet. I micht get a tenner that I' on page 35
catch on the side opened the wallet an Hughie pulled the leather on page 40
ster's bedroom, yell find her wallet wi her store cards in it. Jen on page 81
a enough cash in her sister's wallet tae pay the fare. on page 83
er, when she went tae put the wallet back, she couldna find it. Sh on page 84
Also on pages 85, 86, 88
11 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mr pacey - so mind n get ur wallet cracked open brother lol (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
Ah! A tottie wee wallet. The furst treasure it yielde
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in intae ma poakit, ah get ma wallet oot, gien him ma Clydesdale B
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
fie importantly, takkin oot a wallet fu o money, 'hoo muckle dae y on page 127

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, an done the oul-man fur his wallet an’ his dough.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@AidanReilly6 de nick there wallet again mind #thief(2012)