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The word 'claymore'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
claymoreOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.587
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 claymore in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o the archangel Michael wi a claymore in a picter of Hell bi some l
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"There jist the ae claymore, ye ken," Deedledum said tae on page 62

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ther till he made me a timmer claymore an targ. Wi this I wad terror on page 51

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
aa skeely wi the claymore, on page 6

1 matches

General Central

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
Tak up your claymore! Grab your slingshot!" on page 25

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
branglin his muckle claymore, see, beildin young an auld on page 25

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ye, he cannae fight with that claymore! Tae wabbit fur hurlin... ???(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
mist, the midges, cockade and claymore, Gordonstoun, Loch Lomond, Br on page 77

1 matches

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