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The word 'pegs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pegsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21413
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 31.4 1 1
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 pegs in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
aw maps an pictures hingan on pegs. She took doon a jar fae wan on page 9

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e o the nicht an haimmer tint-pegs inte the neuks o the duvet." on page 16

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ection o pan-scrubbers, soap, pegs, baccy an ither hoosehold goo on page 90

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e’s haun an led her tae the pegs far the skyrie plastic peinti
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
We're nae needin clyse pegs; wir knives are aa shairp; on page 34

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
he Crown n Anchor bit ma auld pegs are nae as canny nowadays tae(2017)

(South) East Central

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
yin the washin an bitin claes pegs
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
an their coats are on shoogly pegs. In years tae come bairns wil
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
war, he looked at 14 bedecked pegs, on enquirin’ “Whaur’s
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
maps an pictures hung up oan pegs. She took a grab at a jaur fa on page 9

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
aw maps an pictures hingin on pegs. She grabbed a jeely-jaur fra on page 9

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
r jaikets and bunnets on thae pegs ower there, and then follae m on page 71

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
saw maps an pietures hung oan pegs. She took doon a jar frae yin on page 9

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
saw maps an picturs hung frae pegs. Shae tuk doon a jar frae yin on page 9

1 matches

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