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The word 'defeat'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
defeatOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.43022
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 defeat in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
At last ah'm concedan defeat. on page 18
And concede tae defeat in the kitchen - the wife wi on page 32

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
, an da look a resignation an defeat in his eyes as he left my off on page 58

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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
hit cam o Jeemie. Did he help defeat Napoleon? Did he live or dee?
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
defeat. Jonsar sat ere, the sweat po
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
Bin there. Efter a dandies defeat uv seen me gang in the bluebi(2020)
@AnthonyRJoseph Wid defeat the purpose o the change. If (2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
h independence wis slockit bi defeat at Fawkirk. Some historians t
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
For The Norlan Wind, shame in defeat. on page 28
The Hare (unhappy in defeat) on page 29

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
sang ti heeze the dauntit fae defeat, on page 42

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t ah chose tae be graceful in defeat. on page 117

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
you - sorry tae slag off ur defeat n very long trip today 2 fife (2020) twitter link
ower a luv the words - fatal defeat - btf it isnae hauf lol (2021) twitter link
side_AFC that was there first defeat in almost 2 years in a cup ti (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
and time singin awa aboot the defeat o Bonaparte. on page 91
ve tae see the eventual final defeat o the Corsican. Fer on Sunday on page 92

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Though, we suffered nae defeat,
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
We war sufferin a defeat at the time on page 118

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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s right enough, an ah concede defeat, stickin it intae reverse an
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n the bluidy eftermath o that defeat at Bothwell Brig, the guid fo on page 39

1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Or see this outcome as defeat.
1 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Chenyit bi a futurless defeat. on page 112

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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
pe frae the Yes campaign made defeat aa the mair bitter. The belie
lik tae see Aye voters accept defeat an gang back in their box, th
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
maks oniething legitimate tae defeat thaim, syne like a slaw venom
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ept thur heids doon since the defeat at Bothwell. They wur aw hopi

@billykayscot tweeted
team’s propensity tae “grab defeat from the jaws of victory!” I(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Calgacus, gallant an rank in defeat, is Blind Harry's Wallace, is on page 17
defeat fir the English. on page 72

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