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Use in varieties of Scots

troots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 2.7 8 0 5.8 0 22.1
Number of occurrences165 5 0 1 0 5
Number of authors4 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of troots in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n wis aye a guid airt tae see troots. It wis whiles daunderin ower on page 23

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
we smertly vanished like burn troots ablow the stanes, intae that on page 31
hey learnt hou tae guddle for troots, an whaur the big troots cuid on page 74

3 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ent airts o the lochside. The troots warnae
it naw bi yin o thay ‘ferox troots’?” askit Trev.
size oniewey. The ‘ferox’ troots are can-
nibals an aet ither smawer troots sae its guid tae cleek thaim
ither troots growe. Ye’r troot haes a mu
5 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
yed cairds, an telt jokes. Da troots, at dey aye got too, wis an a on page 93

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
'd sticks bleezed roon dulled troots an blues ill-fun, on page 26
in licht its hingin sprickled troots on page 39

2 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
wer ships a’ roon the worl. Troots hung trimmlin in watter as cl
, snigs maistly, for the rail troots wur ower in the big watter wh
innlin, dullin an baggin. Big troots swem whiles in the lade, tae,
3 matches

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