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cupboard Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 13.4 24.1 39.7 5.8 31 13.3
Number of occurrences5326 16 4 1 3 3
Number of authors29 13 8 3 1 2 2

Occurrences of cupboard in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tae pit it back intae anither cupboard as she tummilt by. on page 9

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
will aye cry a 'cupboard'. on page 18

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
l Da went tae his room or the cupboard then nipped back in tae get h on page 38
bath. Or maybe tae Mas craft cupboard that he didnae open much cos on page 40

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cleanin stuff in the kitchen cupboard." on page 84

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
When he wis in the cupboard lookin fur the Sellatape, Cha on page 35
show us somethin in the hall cupboard. She wouldnae say whit it wis on page 62
wi him inside the Games Hall cupboard. Afterwards, she wis aw pure on page 169

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ill be gled tae stowe oot yer cupboard again wi whitever ye want. Th on page 60

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
nspeckle and dreided medicine cupboard. But he didna gang near it. I on page 18
liskie. Although the medicine cupboard in the hoose wis aff limits, on page 26

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
le oan wi a click then open a cupboard, bend doon and take oot the b on page 38
ond. She's a rare cleaner. Ma cupboard's chock-full o dirty washin. on page 118

2 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
wee moose, an ah raked in the cupboard lookin fur a bit o a scran, s
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
when Sergio opened a cupboard in the hall it was fulla shee
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
other visitor hud left in the cupboard.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
alk intae the kitchen, open a cupboard, and take oot a tin o Pedigre
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
hoose so Carol leapt for the cupboard hidin there while the childre
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
up and makes his wey tae the cupboard near the lime green microwave
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
y discriminate - preas fir a cupboard, preasa fir a scullery cupboa(2017) search twitter
scot Onybody cry the scullery cupboard a 'press'? The Gaelic word is(2017) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
vulgarly' an yaise the wird 'cupboard'. https://t.co/YfChUUu5Xw #Sc (2020) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
oot a bottle o whisky fae the cupboard. on page 76

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ie's heid disappeart inte the cupboard. on page 54

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an cupboard doors till ye fand the Kellog on page 14

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
front door straight intae her cupboard o a kitchen, then ben in the
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
m under this coat in this wee cupboard near pishin masel.
yin even opens the door o the cupboard A’m in.
says. “Moira, in that store cupboard behind you, you will find som
pens the door. She’s in the cupboard, A can smell her posh perfume
side, an legged it, oot o the cupboard, through the kitchen an oot t
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
I'll put it in the servant's cupboard for just now.”
rvant's Common Room”. Fae a cupboard she teen a puckle bundles of
“dumb waiter”, like a wee cupboard wi a door ont. It could hud s
3 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ap wine fae 20years ago in ma cupboard(2017) search twitter
bottles o'Glenmorangie in the cupboard, shortbreed in the tin, coal (2017) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
me by the ankles and walk the cupboard oot until they had enough of (2022) twitter link
ance woke up in Thetford wi a cupboard oan mah neck... (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
gather stoor and cobwebs in a cupboard oot the back. on page 44
the dim and dark recesses o a cupboard oot the back, on page 47

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I wid pit it in the cupboard on page 71

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thir lyan in the cupboard and, on page 102

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ied ta affroad her, kennin da cupboard under da stairs wis stappit f on page 16

1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
e mak it I dinna ken, fur the cupboard wis near bare.
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
the wife. Shes hiding in the cupboard for the forseeable future. Th(2020) search twitter
to shit in the toilet no yir cupboard. #poopbags #drybowks(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Went tae tha cupboard on page 24

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
box wus tuk oot frae ahin the cupboard dure, on page 10

1 matches

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