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Use in varieties of Scots

babbie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 7.7 1.5 0 0 0 88.5
Number of occurrences3615 1 0 0 0 20
Number of authors12 7 1 4

Occurrences of babbie in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
A babbie wi a toy, on page 28

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ist laid doon when a clatch o babbie deuks that had lost their mit on page 6

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wi erchmares o babbie-eatin an devilry on page 26

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
reeshach animal, a bit like a babbie crocodile but wi a shorter he on page 131
ye must huv sterted oot as a babbie,' the laddie said. on page 145
mingin! It's a snake! It's a babbie crocodile! It's an alligator! on page 155

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. She wis hairdly mair than a babbie, and wee even for her age, si on page 4
"And thon babbie bites," Edgar said, hoyin a c on page 14
n haundlin raither than a wee babbie. "Weel, enough bletherin," he on page 49
's a lang, lang wey for a wee babbie tae faw, even if she is in a on page 107

4 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
a poem while stuck at hame wi babbie. Or write in Habbie. on page 43

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r an tummilt, as halples as a babbie, doun the cleuch in a fent.
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
"Rent the babbie doon the mid
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s there wi her sister an nyow babbie. There was a fremd kipple in on page 25

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
s a four yeir-oul boy an no a babbie. "Ee's a cousin o Leonard's." on page 20
A babbie. Deid. on page 33
scribed? She stiffened an the babbie stairtit tae muffle a low, se on page 34
in a banjo. A wumman wi'oot a babbie in hir airms. on page 35
"Keep the babbie. She wants us tae keep the ba on page 36
Also on pages 47, 50
15 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a wean. An she haed hir furst babbie, a sinn. She on page 71
o ye'll ken hïm. Ye'll fin a babbie, rowlt ïn bïts o claith, ly on page 72

3 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ff wark fur rairin a newboarn babbie, oan hoaliday or by-whyles la
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
t as it cum near time fur tha babbie. Tha Dowlings wur weel-settle
1 matches

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