A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wabster Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 3.6 7.5 0 0 41.3 22.1
Number of occurrences217 5 0 0 4 5
Number of authors8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of wabster in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
But he tak but pickins, the wabster. on page 18

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
that Tannahill wis a Paisley wabster, mony amang them poets, cuid on page 69

3 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
For buird his bield, for wabster his wab - on page 81

1 matches

Peffers, Bob Upheeze, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
ca'd Bob Peffers an Ah'm the wabster o this staid. Sae jist gie th
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
Ne'er seen a 'spider' cryed a wabster afore, A've aye kent it as an(2019) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e tae the zoo,” cried Mysie Wabster.
k in the wash?” cried Mysie Wabster.
e see a clown,” cried Mysie Wabster, “We’ve wir ain
It wis the rinnin race. Mysie Wabster an Johnny Patterson
Wabster, an Johnny Broon gaed ower hi
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
in at! I'm gonnae start using wabster now, (2020) search twitter
dsupfortrad @TheStovies Aye a wabster's a weaver, mair, but Ah'd ne(2020) search twitter
'm fae an airt stappit wi the wabster tradeetion, a when o makars i(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
oderick's femlie, an he wus a wabster. Ma great-greatgranda Andra M on page 7
a twa looms ye can see in tha wabster's cottage, mine, bot mebbe th on page 8

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