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Use in varieties of Scots

thoom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 2.1 11.2 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences134 7 0 0 0 2
Number of authors7 3 3 1

Occurrences of thoom 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

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
gemme!' He stuck oot his thoom and pressed the button. Strec on page 138

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
th. Meg bit deep intae Ella's thoom wi her fause teeth, sput oot on page 67

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he muscles o her erm, doon, a thoom’s width fae her breist ...
rm unner her back an drew the thoom o his ither haun up her broo
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e looks like she's sookin her thoom." Dad smiled. "She's a wee sm on page 92
A thoom. A hairt. A big X. on page 97

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s - Ah steed oot like a sair thoom." on page 70
t er fool-leukin tattie parin thoom afore hidin it ahin er back. on page 80

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oot at, like - fin Ah bit is thoom bi mistak, he roart oot o im on page 9

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Bit noo he sooks his thoom an wonders on page 190

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
is nose atween forefinger and thoom for a minty. It hid been a gy
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The thoom-blakked chairt he yince wuz g on page 40

2 matches

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