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The word 'boxer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boxerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7287
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 2
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 75.3 12 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 1
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 boxer in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Why don't you try some boxer shorts?" the bonny lassie sai on page 46
Weel, Daavit lukk'd at boxer shorts in every kindo guise. on page 47

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
First a paer o boxer shorts on page 105

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
oose end and had airms like a boxer and legs like cabers. Hercule on page 1

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
like takkin baith airms aff a boxer juist afore a bout.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
. He coulda been a right good boxer try the way, said ma da, But on page 61
arlene tae be cyein up aw his boxer shorts. Kirsty, she said. NAW on page 169

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
he cuid. The twa cairt-horse, Boxer and Claver, cam in thegither,
r back efter her fowert foal. Boxer wis a wappin great beast, nea
sayin sae, he wis browdent on Boxer; the twa o them aamaist aye s
it up birzin hersel in atween Boxer and Claver; there she thrumme
s haes nae better weird. You, Boxer, the very day that stieve bou
12 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
he cud. The twa cairt-horses, Boxer and Clover, came in thegither on page 6

8 matches

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