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The word 'biddy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
biddyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of biddy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
stered by the speed o the aul biddy, loupit back onty the glaur a on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
watter tae slocken Yer drouth biddy tae licht Yer ee ma breid's n on page 3

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A'biddy seems tae think I'm lazy on page 116
A'biddy wiz feelin' gay (feelin' gay) on page 118
the mair a biddy trevels on page 149
Nae biddy's feart o' playin it on page 195

8 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
didnae wurk, and ivvery ither biddy in the street, in the scheme,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ain fauns oot wi' some ither biddy, an' afore ye kin it the hale on page 8

1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
and wad muckle Biddy. on page 146

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
the pairty wi a bottle o rid biddy if we're the anely wans that on page 3

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
no an awfy wey tae talk tae a biddy. An me jist ettlin tae help, on page 66

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
nnae sey onythin guid aboot a biddy, say naethin ataw', he'd aye on page 16

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
enge we’re less than ony ar biddy,
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
@Historic_Ally knee biddy tocks lik thon noordaze(2019)

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