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The word 'slim'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slimOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41816
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of slim 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sleeved, ankle length frock, slim an glamorous, ur so I imagine on page 99

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Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
is broos, straicht an tall an slim. Wir pritty young man.
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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
arbohydrate; the egg ane; yon slim-faist stuffie wi the poodered on page 16

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s nae ayewis the best idea te slim doon it your age - the skin on page 69

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the superficial things like a slim figir ~ ere's much mair te so on page 39

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General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
ink. Jimmy Carr's lookin affa slim(2011)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n steaks - am actually quite slim btw cheeky lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
taunin wae his weicht oan wan slim hip, talkin wae his haunds, h on page 16

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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
slim fit, a regular guy on page 66

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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
platinum blonde, big boobs n slim. She's git big hoop earrings on page 26

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
y doon...boom...awiy..A huge, slim man is staunin in the toilets on page 3

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General Central

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
tain o the guard gaped at the slim fair-haired lad an said, “I

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
kle slowly turnt ower the wee slim volume he held in his left ha
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
hear ye, but she's the only (slim) hope we have of that party e (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
ing but also this is the most slim av ever been n aw ma retro fo (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Her hurdies and her waist sae slim on page 49

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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
on the shelf, tho, A spied a slim wee beukie aside it: it wis A
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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
wuddae made what she ca’ad slim cakes. This tae me wus tha ha
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