A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'brushes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brushesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.71511
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 brushes in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
box wi shoe-cleanin gaer – brushes an tinnies an cloots. Weel no
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ill get brushes, a scraper, paint potty an pa on page 15

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ry face set doon his hurly an brushes tae see fit the ootcam wid be
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ins? Bit syne, fan ye pit yer brushes awa, it's aa there waitin for on page 32

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A cloot, brushes o' a' shapes tae keep 'em cle
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Tae ma surprise he brushes oaff this piece ae informatio on page 64
He brushes me oaff. "Git tae fuck, ya fa on page 164

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
int. He buys bings o paint an brushes an white spírit an rowes up
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ern-wi the wooden bits ae the brushes on page 117

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
This might be due tae ma many brushes wae lady law but ma policy hu
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Craigy brushes past me in the doorwey. Ah no
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
but this yin's frothin wi brushes - no beer - on page 95

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
box wi shoe-cleanin graith - brushes and tins and stooriedusters. on page 24

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
destrian three-piece suit, he brushes by the secretary (wha wadna s on page 72

1 matches

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