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The word 'thrapples'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thrapplesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61815
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 2
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 thrapples in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
clootie dumplins on stilts wi thrapples on them like claes poles! Kev
1 matches

South Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
faither was better at cuttin thrapples than ony ither cunt. Aye but
1 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Ma thrapples in gie need o' a douse! I'll (2016)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
pressed against the sailors' thrapples, ready and waitin for the nod on page 39

1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
yptians slaikit their drouthy thrapples wi reid wine an furnished the
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
wis wheeplin as gin thair wee thrapples wad brust. Cherlie heized his on page 59

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
en Scots an force it doon the thrapples o the media an the estaiblish
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ereal, clawin at each ither's thrapples wi despair at the mention o c
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
wi radio collars aroond their thrapples their kills and joukan and ji
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Ivery drap haes gane doun the thrapples o wir faes. And you hens, hou
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ly tae hae us at each ither's thrapples, the wey ony comparison o Sco on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
a drap o it has gaed doon the thrapples 0 oor enemies. And you hens, on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ls in it. FOR CUDDIES WI SAIR THRAPPLES, it said on the label. THE SA on page 28

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
are drouthie thrapples in the earth on page 30

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
e muckle millstanes roond the thrapples
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
tle o fresh milk tae weet oor thrapples an wesh oor piece doon wi. A
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
an the birdies burstin thair thrapples wi sang that ye canna credit
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
doon the thrapples o the black banditti on page 27

1 matches

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