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The word 'trusty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
trustyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.3179
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of trusty in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
We hae a better place tae be, trusty freens tae see an ither thing (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
sort ye oot." And he took his trusty chib, a big widden club he ay on page 8

1 matches

(South) East Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
The rest are for you, ma trusty fiers an aw ma brither an sis
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ian_Pacey @MusselburghAth the trusty amateur fitbaw brolly - dun (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
esome, muirland tracks wi his trusty pownies; an on mony a nicht s on page 33

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
He swung his trusty swoard and skelp on page 11

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
lie Wonka! Gie's yer haun, ma trusty fiere! And here's a warm weel on page 59

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ma Bothwell deid? Ma trusty wach-dog! on page 35

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aund,' Ah squalloched tae the trusty coanvict wha'd been daunerin on page 17
ed man inbye. The rid-baunded trusty kep weel oot the wey, watchin on page 18

7 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
faur fae needit aff us trusty fleres. on page 39

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
Following my mum's trusty feedback, "Could ye no get a (2020)