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Use in varieties of Scots

hoover Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 4.3 6.4 29.8 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences198 4 3 3 0 1
Number of authors17 7 4 3 2 1

Occurrences of hoover in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e oot mah bra, roll it up, an hoover a big fat fuckin line. Mah fi on page 15

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
b haun wi the dustin cloot an hoover, aye wiz, een noo heez hoose on page 78
've gein it a licht dustin an hoover een tho it didnae hae the nee on page 81

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
as they want an Wild Boar hoover up on page 72

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
idy up the place. Ah goat the hoover oot and wae a bit ae hard gra on page 119

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
if ei'll be able ti yaze thi hoover? on page 100

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r a fridge whilst Chris got a hoover an Charlene only managed a li on page 163

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@weenell3 tweeted
in1 @Neilson476 They can even hoover up the Binfire fae the Tories (2022) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
finished. Then ah tak oot the hoover and zip roon the kitchen and on page 44

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Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Iss place isnae big enuch for the baith o us , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
sae floomp! intae the hoover ye ging. on page 78

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
a hoover an, went throo the chalet lik
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
She claims her hoover cuts oot every time she gings
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid lukk'd as if the Hoover hidna seen much action ither. on page 25

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
And the hoover's oot o charge on page 71

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West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Everywan's different - some hoover, some mop on page 74

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
lichteners. Noo A'm faerd I hoover up on page 31

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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Ok. Dead spider. I’ll joost hoover hit up. Came at it we da hoov (2018) twitter link

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
hiles she wud rin roon wi tha hoover an gie a dicht tae tha sculle on page 15

1 matches

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