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Use in varieties of Scots

wellies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 6.2 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1612 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 12 3

Occurrences of wellies in Corpus

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Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
A wee black doo, in red wellies on page 61

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
din' through porridge wearin' wellies thit are twa sizes too big. S on page

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
playin chic-a-nelly in yir wellies, on page 52

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
t the colour o her. W wis for wellies that ye splashed through the on page 120

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Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
Royal Brolly wi her or Royal Wellies or Royal Handbag. And whit wi on page 10

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Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
lassie-in-waitin pit oan her wellies, haudit her neb and made her on page 88

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
in wellies an glaury auld duds.
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
I'll have to look my wellies out.
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ff a the windaesill, a pair a wellies shifted fae their place aside
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
maist e’ thum wis wearin’ wellies ‘Cos they ken't the rain wi
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@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
gins Ahv hud a compost bin an wellies afore but nivir salted cod(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
and bra. Dae yar hae yer ain wellies?(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Wails Mary as eence mair her wellies she scrubs { thocht fit could on page 15

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
en came oot in white suits an wellies, wi buckets fu o wet plaster
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
y hat, a muckle wide belt, an wellies
ned, Grace Girn ruggit on her wellies wioot a murmer. She didna
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