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Use in varieties of Scots

pooder Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.4 16.5 17.6 19.9 46.5 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences5431 11 2 8 1 1
Number of authors18 6 7 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of pooder 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

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 83 - Born Hamelt, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Michty! noo she's slappin pooder an pent on page 78

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ct, it wis like that lemonade pooder I yaised ti get as a lawdie, on page 71
pe disintegratit, giein aff a pooder that fair daunced abiine the on page 73

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
opened the bag and got oot a pooder compact that had a wee roond on page 56
t fur this deid strang itchin pooder,' Hortensia said. 'It wis fif on page 100
il! Ah dinnae ken whit itchin pooder is! Ah've never even heard o on page 102
her palm agin it and a white pooder came aff on her skin. It wis on page 184

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A machine wi white pooder sprayin oot o it like a snaws on page 140

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
N YER WALLIES. It wis a white pooder. In that gaed, tae. on page 21
ed, tae, a muckle roond box o POODER. It wis cawed PINK PLAISTER. on page 22
cairdboard cairton cried FLEE POODER FOR DUGS. KEEP WEEL AWA FAE T on page 23
A TIN O CURRY POODER on page 25
erie stuff, and yin wis fou o pooder. on page 27
Also on pages 31, 39, 76, 83, 84, 85
18 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
wimmin that had bricht white pooder aw ower their coupons, sae th on page 47

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
on Parmesan cheese Ye ken yon pooder't stuff thit makes ye sneeze?
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
For ower muckle pooder an paint on her dial Made a d on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
she'd a face at wis harled wi pooder an pint an the claes she insi on page 79
kine o make-up: foondation an pooder fir aa differint shades o ski on page 83

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
it faas On will be grund tae pooder." on page 113

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An her nose wiz needin a pooder, on page 136

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wa the twa o em doon past the pooder hoosie. (Far
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he added, “I’m needin tae pooder my nose!” I wiz gye surpris
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
de his wye tae Tarlair athoot pooder. Slingin his musket Wully Waz
hot and rammed it hame, shook pooder intae the pan and closed the
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
pity Rubbit hid a dock like a pooder puff, a neb like a squashed b
m giein her a pyock o talcum pooder an
2 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Aye just used pooder fae the usual box. on page 104

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
tions include reids, yellows, pooder-blues, black. She detects a m
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
lin o nithin but fresh air an pooder: on page 115

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
N FAAS TEETH. Hit wis a white pooder. In dat gud as weel.
eel, gud a muckle roond box o POODER. Hit wis caa’ed PINK PLESTE
’ed PINK PLESTER. Dey wir a pooder-puff apö da tap an he balled
d cairdboard box markit FLECH POODER FOR DUGS. KEEP WEEL AWA FAE D
S MAET, hit said, BECAAS DIS POODER, IF AETEN, ’LL MAK DA DUG E
7 matches

Southern

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ular they even selt the curry pooder in wee bags in the local shop
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e bïts; an ït wull grun tae pooder tha yin ït faas on." on page 103

1 matches

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