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The word 'bosom'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bosomOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21414
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 4
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 bosom in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu clutched him tae her bosom and he sighed, in deep despai on page 36

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ie waarm furry boady atil her bosom. He cood play wi Toby's toys on page 28

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
ain ploys he wid hae roon his bosom pal aal Wullie Robertson, an on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mascarg hid run an her amazin bosom wis as flat as a bannock. "Di on page 62

1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
whits mair, the beginnins o a bosom tae fill oot her frock. Thair on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
felt in his bosom somethin stir.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nin tae her though except her bosom buddy Heather Fisher an a new on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
return ye tae the bosom o yer faimily. on page 107

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'O Lord, Tak tae Thy bosom these Thy chosen servants o C on page 54

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
re rehabilitatin me intae the bosom o the faimily in front o the on page 23

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South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
folded ticht across a jooglin bosom. on page 30

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tae oor tender bosom. on page 46

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Thy bield... wad be my bosom... on page 22

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
d wallop a punch Wi her young bosom buddie she has a hunch on page 42

1 matches

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