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The word 'cruisin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cruisinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 cruisin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n a hanfu o nuts, an stairtit cruisin roon the haall. on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in the vicinity at the time. Cruisin, like. Whin it skimmed past, on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
am cruisin roond the burra the noo near (2021) twitter link
ees need a carry oot n will b cruisin roond the area efter that lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
loud and somebody wis clearly cruisin fur a bruisin pretty soon. Hi on page 32
get carnaptious and ye'll be cruisin fur a bruisin.' on page 128
dae,' but then she'd huv been cruisin fur a bruisin. 'Weel . . ." s on page 150

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ere tae protect me. You're so cruisin fur a bruisin Campbell, he sa on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Is it really safer cruisin the singles baurs fir the fui on page 112

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
boot the ither Terry Dempsey, cruisin the turnpikes an the intersta on page 136

1 matches

General Central

@raiphsays tweeted
kno it wis er. Flyraiph hus a cruisin altitude a 3 feet. Sum erline(2020)