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The word 'hinges'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hingesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91914
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 5
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 hinges in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rd he near ruggit it affo its hinges. Aunt Jessie opened the door,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
but she got some ile for the hinges. The saat air didna half roos
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ke the door oaf at the bloody hinges. Fraser comes chargin in aw o on page 16

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
e bress screws o the big auld hinges but cuidna budge thaim ava. on page 96
braw for gettin in ahent the hinges an leverin thaim aff the door on page 97

3 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
that swung wi guidwull on its hinges on page 137

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
roved his mind's cam aff it's hinges, on page 48

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
the back door's lyin aff its hinges, an there's wan hell o a hool
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
An’ dived right in whin the hinges tore Bit the gadgie they want
An’ dived right in whin the hinges tore Bit the gadgie they want
2 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
k door hud been taken aff its hinges and lay broken on the flair,
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Attach three hinges, a hole fir a key on page 37

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
boot the fuckin thing aff its hinges if ah wanted tae?’ he sais.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The rusty hinges fae the gate intae the gairde
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
p! A scraich ootby, a craik o hinges. I heeze masel, slaw, on page 50

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
wi a lood skraichin o rustit hinges, the muckle airn yetts o the on page 66

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
is room gey near came aff its hinges. Staunin there wis the muckle on page 39

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
d near takes the door aff its hinges. His mates have aw left, he s
1 matches

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