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The word 'wrapper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wrapperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6218
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 2
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 wrapper 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.

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
o the coo on e Heilan toffee wrapper.(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ordin tae this glorified fish wrapper ma Joabseekers Allowance hus on page 119

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
got telt you dinnae take the wrapper of the dishwashing tablets la(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
at an tidy withoot rippin the wrapper. Hurry up, said Karen, Ah'm b on page 42

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e corner ae the Double Decker wrapper an start pipin the melted cho on page 26

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Fifty grand, just oot the wrapper.’ he sais, his boastful com
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
Thit wan thit's still in the wrapper sittin' oan yer top shelf. We on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ye at wance, wioot openin the wrapper o a bar o chocolate, whither on page 28
an aw watch ye takkin aff the wrapper.' on page 31
ALLAE DELICHT, it said on the wrapper. on page 32
jookin for ablow that wrapper. Ye really cannae expect tae on page 33
suspense, Chairlie rived the wrapper richt doon the middle ... and on page 34
Also on pages 43, 44, 51, 52
13 matches

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