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Use in varieties of Scots

tub Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 4.1 12.1 19.9 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences228 8 2 0 2 2
Number of authors17 6 6 2 1 2

Occurrences of tub in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
slaisterin intae the big bine tub. It wis a braw sicht. And whe on page 104

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
fae Lourdes and refuses, tae tub anyhin else oan hur bruises. on page 45

1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
tter. She hid a muckle widden tub an a corrugated washin board
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah fish ma wee tub o pills oot fae the side o th
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Devourin’ bath tub seals.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Aul’ tub
™s a wunner we kep the aul’ tub afloat.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
shiverin in the tepid, murky tub an prise masel oot, drippin w
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
thing tae aet. Ah fun an auld tub o Pot Noodle at the back o th on page 41
Ah fill the tub wae bylin watter and luikit a on page 42

2 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
oches I've been in the washin tub on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nin ower the aul widden waash tub, scrubbin it collars an cuffs on page 90

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
She pointed tae the ice cream tub. “There’s change in there
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ise aff the tablecloot inno a tub o sugar icin. Mooch sterted t
, fell aff, an laundit inno a tub o yoghurt.
2 matches

@Franwella tweeted
hud hae a relaxin soak in the tub instead! hee hee(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
There's a spider in the bath tub on page 71

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Treckle poored in a tub - on page 111

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hemistically ca’d, the Beef Tub: whilk is, i ackwal fack, the
Ferrer doun frae the Beef Tub on yer richt haund stands a h
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
elt on the grun. The oul bath tub that had bin heuked tae the w on page 32

1 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Rub a dub dub three men in a tub, on page 25

1 matches

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