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The word 'crouse'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crouseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33317
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 91.7 7 1
LAL - General Central 16 12 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of crouse in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
He houchter'd crouse an gled. on page 22
"I'm fell crouse an baal maistlins," he heild on page 61

2 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Crouse Traiveller on page 15

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Post-Its, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
cockin, daffin, crawin crouse.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Oniegates, A wesna sae crouse whan A gaed ti skuil fur ma r
crawin crouse on its midden.
yeon o rid hair, cairred wi a crouse mene on a sklenner feigur bus
idna lyk wie naitiouns at’s crouse on thair ain middens, ti
4 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a gawped at her. Whit a nicht crouse thing Miss Honey had done. Su on page 197

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ug People, as his grannie wis crouse pyntin oot.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
again! They'll think ''m awfy crouse back hame! Jings, I widnae sa on page 9
surprised tae fin hersel sae crouse. "It's nane o my business!" on page 44

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
John King - wha wis crouse eneuch nou, tae rise an cry e on page 38
ed within, but withoot, stuid crouse an proud. on page 45

4 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
r. She sailed doun the years, crouse an kirr, takkin the lead frae on page 17
wis in the wey o pittin on a crouse face an sayin 'I'm an eidiot on page 26

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
he first step taewards wirtin crouse like. Ye micht hae a parteecl on page 7
ndrome for tae write in Scots crouse like. This style guide is jis on page 8
me ye use it. Even if ye feel crouse aboot kennin a spelling, aye on page 16

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The crouse aal seaman set, joco an ready on page 50

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
un, like ugsome taeds sitting crouse in a vegetable patch efter a on page 18

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Lord taks pleasance o't, ay, crouse-like an cantie on page 17

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n there, stieve, independent, crouse an gallus, an up wi: 'beautif on page 127

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n his ither owersettins rax a crouse climax in Liz Lochhead’s Ta
greetin. Insteid the play is crouse eneuch in the pooer o its ain
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
thir's a squirrel up a tree, crouse and cantie as can be on page 16

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wee Fergies in a lang crouse raa on page 5

1 matches

General Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
r’s gear; luive disnae craa crouse, disnae bum an blaa.
1 matches

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
Dinnae be sae modest :) craa crouse! I think that’s a fine versi(2020)

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