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The word 'polishin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
polishinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus41312
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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 polishin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t, ye can tak advuntage o wir polishin service fir the follicly chal on page 12

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
at the dinin-room fireplace, polishin the tiles, an gien the fender on page 106

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
dden box for keepin stuff for polishin yer sheen
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
guid enough fur that yin, fae polishin' the waxcloth tae makin' the on page 36

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ilda,' Miss Honey said, still polishin, 'try tellin me whit actually on page 68

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
“Polishin yer boots, sir.”
hae him dustin his coonter an polishin his glesses for an oor an a h
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
l her kit, cleanin a rifle or polishin hame-made bullets. Maybe it w
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
the karaoke (sure ye've been polishin' up yer Sydney Devine an' yer on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ts and adjustin its knobs and polishin its great gless lens. The Hee on page 142

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
uildins; some were dichtin an polishin the mirrors; an ithers were s on page 8

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an they tak real pride in polishin on page 43

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
gear, or suppose they needit polishin up and refinin afore they wer on page 69

1 matches

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