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Use in varieties of Scots

bawbee Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 9 12.8 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2617 8 0 0 0 1
Number of authors16 10 5 1

Occurrences of bawbee in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'Whin she's left wioot a bawbee, on page 11

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
h'll suin be doon tae ma last bawbee!' on page 105

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ands twa maiks aff yer een, a bawbee and on page 75

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Upon a bawbee's thraw, peyed siller wins on page 31

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
auchs that I'v narrae a broun bawbee. on page 39

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e sodger had bunged him a wee bawbee mair times than he could mind on page 46

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
(1618-1648) maistly tae mak a bawbee or twa, will shairly bring tu on page 110

1 matches

Lehane, Matt Psstt, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
a bawbee
wi a penny- a bawbee
a penny- a bawbee-
a penny- a bawbee
a bawbee- a bawbee
6 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
oot his haun tae sneck up the bawbee. But afore his fingers could
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
...... @IshbelMcF The Bawbee Brig ower the Leven. #fringes(2016) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
is a word but I claim my twa bawbee.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
For damn't in the eyn not a bawbee they got on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
the court is worth mair nor a bawbee in the pouch'. on page 8

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Are spurdies nae five tae e bawbee? Yet nae a een o them is forg on page 102
peer weeda wumman pittin in a bawbee. He said, "Lat ma tell ye, is on page 114

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
, for aa that Ah'd thrown the bawbee on the fleer, an he widna dae on page 109

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hey didna ken far their neist bawbee wis comin frae.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
orth that's the question mark bawbee gremlin fixed, thanks again f(2014) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
ver, naebody's gien me a bare bawbee for the spakin o it! (2014) twitter link