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The word 'contraption'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
contraptionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.586
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 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
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of contraption in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
e in the mou about it. Bit es contraption jist gings its dinger an evry
fowk at bide in Buckie, your contraption 'ill type doric but it is a s
or a bit of a limmer it's es contraption thit winna dee fit it's tellt

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
kker the corners wi towe, the contraption cooried doon in its cloot on page 20

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
r twa. Fin he seen the muckle contraption that controlled the wires,
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
She sits me doon, puts a contraption oantae ma finger and a cuff r
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
“Whit are ye uptae on that contraption?” I’d jeest, sat at the t
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Thon Weighpad contraption intrigued me, on page 57

1 matches

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