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Use in varieties of Scots

toom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 13.9 3 0 17.4 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3527 2 0 3 0 3
Number of authors17 11 2 3 1

Occurrences of toom in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
rty sic wagons - nane o them toom, on page 30

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
re a hantle bottles that were toom, an anither hantle that were on page 44
'Ye are bonnie, but ye are toom, he gaed on. 'A bodie coudna on page 72

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e door. Tae gie thaim aa mair toom, Edam biggit a ruch laft flai on page 73

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
unts fae the other end ae the toom" ah tell they'm. on page 73

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
mornin til nicht wi an awfie toom feelin in their bellies. on page 6
an doon his thrapple itae his toom belly, his haill boady fae he on page 95
icht. The room wis completely toom forby the faur ends o it. At on page 142

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
they foond a haill boorach o toom tubes and toom aerosols and t on page 76
ieved doon the names o aw the toom bottles and cans. 'Help ma bo on page 77

7 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
t?' said Brock. "The place is toom.' on page 63
But she'll no feel sae toom on page 74

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
shoutit, lookin aw roond the toom. Violet drapped the dress she on page 102

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
whit wey it is toom on page 14
whit wey it is toom on page 16
an thi toom nyse o a dwynan lan on page 61

3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ut the nichtingale's cage wis toom, and she wis naewhaur tae be on page 104

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
discoverin' a' is toom in whit is socht. on page 63

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
in this toom erk, in this toom warld.
1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
he toxic wind howled ower the toom landscape, blasted rock wi na
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ma thrapple dry, ma belly toom.
1 matches

Doric

Freeman, Rebekah Honesty, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, weans
Betrayal is a toom space,
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ye iver open a tin o #soup an toom it in een ging fin ye rype it(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
en ower muckle under Merran's toom, bein da youngest ane, an coo on page 1

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Tærs his toom opin on page 27

1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
Rasmie, we his toom in his mooth, began tae fiddl
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
moss an bushes ye'll see twa toom, glowerin een keekin oot aman on page 8
Wi toom een an a grin on his jaas on page 9
Twa toom an gumlie een an a gapin gub on page 51

3 matches

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