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The word 'sewin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sewinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11711
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 31 7 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
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 sewin in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
The sewin' box was fu' o' thimbles an'
tae a femily getherin ma wis sewin for weeks
Mum made mony a thing wi' sewin
Folk hid a Singer sewin machine kept under a box
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
sewin in your hoose?" Neest day Jon
some sewin for me bit, yon rainy days I
2 matches

@Franwella tweeted
First sewin’ pattern .... weel secon’, (2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ma ma used tae be a sewin machinist. She used tae work on page 52

2 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Aye thrang wi sewin, bakin, fell on page 18

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Ma grannie wis sewin or sumhin. She niver says ony on page 44

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
She had brocht her sewin wi her, for even when
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
end hame tae her. She uised a sewin machine tae mak bairns claes.
Forby her sewin, she wis a weel-respectit how
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Sutton no ken hou tae yaise a sewin machine?! Ye turn the wheel m(2020)

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
trin wee electric van, like a sewin machine on wheels, wad stotte
1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
' fund masel diggin' intae ma sewin' box for a pin. Health and sa
1 matches

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