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The word 'briefcase'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
briefcaseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 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 briefcase in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ght, Mr Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs Dursley on the ch
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Weel, he jist dumpit is briefcase oan the kitchen table an said on page 14

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
files and put them intae his briefcase. “So you’ll agree that th
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
l blazer and hud some soartae briefcase grasped in his hand. Naeboady on page 189
limpse what he hud inside his briefcase. Ah watched him shrewdly as h on page 192

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ange or seenister, In ber red briefcase, on page 34

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
cially whan he was cairryan a briefcase. Naebody spoke but mony were
ae, placed the aforementioned briefcase neist his feet, tuik a lang s
This wi a pyntit luik at the briefcase
ldit his paper, picked up his briefcase and heidit for the door, aa i
4 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
okin man in a suit flings his briefcase oantae the flair. on page xvi

2 matches

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