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The word 'cab'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cabOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11712
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 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cab in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
eek, lads, get up here in the cab afore they run us doon. on page 65

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e landy. Fin I wint intae the cab the landrover started tae roc
range!” I stepped oot o the cab an there wiz hardly a breath
2 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Nae sittin' in a conditioned cab Like fit they a hiv noo. on page 29

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
airlie, sclimmin up intae the cab an squeezin in ahin the wheel on page 87

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
it the cat an dog in ower the cab o the larry. Fin
ls. Fin Jonsar Eck opened the cab door ey were still
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
her side. Tae Beatrice in the cab aside her, terrified an licht
t up an gaed straucht tae the cab o the larry. He wis drivin it
t up an gaed straucht tae the cab o the larry. He wis drivin it
ter. Hsien halpit him oot the cab. “Ye’re a bluidy eejit,
4 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
partition that separates the cab fae the back ay the van, tae
1 matches

General Central

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Super duty mega-cab Bulkt-up wi barrelt side; Fiv on page 41

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
E. White" jumpit doun oot the cab, that the laddie's een near l on page 65

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
twinty,’ he raired oot hes cab windae. Wullie sclimmed the l
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
o the last tae drive a hansom cab. As a wee tottie bairn she co
1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
doon from his seat inside the cab,
1 matches

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