A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

washer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1.5 1.5 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences73 1 3 0 0 0
Number of authors5 2 1 2

Occurrences of washer in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd me: "How yae doin ya willy washer?" on page 37
tae convince him that 'willy washer' wisnae ma actual joab title. on page 38

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
en a road sweeper or a windae washer, or on page 99

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wi vinegar till they shone. A washer wife wauked ower frae the ten
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
d wisno fit tae pit intae the washer or anything laek that. Dis th on page 17

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Inside the washer's window were twa eyes, roond on page 12

1 matches

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