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Use in varieties of Scots

bobbin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 3 17.9 19.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences226 12 2 1 1 0
Number of authors13 6 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of bobbin 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.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
heir airms folded an shooders bobbin up an doon. on page 24

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e English Norman, the Graham, bobbin an scraipin tae Edward. Na, h on page 9

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
standing wi thir feet spread, bobbin thir heids like powerful chic on page 3

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
g had abandoned, that wis noo bobbin up in doon the pan lik a wee on page 98

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
the foremaist joukster said, bobbin like a gaberlunzie. "But wid on page 58

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
h ken this wae the wey he’s bobbin his heid and hummin along tae
1 matches

Doric

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a bobbin birlin up es cotton-candy on page 82

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Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
bobbin fae side tae side. on page 86

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s were poored, wi lumps o ice bobbin aboot in he
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ghed. Ilkie year, her friens, Bobbin the Spurgie an Deirdre the De
artificial anes,” quo Bobbin. ‘Siller trees wi streamers
.Bit d’ye ken this Bobbin? I saw a braw pyock o Xmas de
“Jist the verra dab,” quo Bobbin. “We’ll bring in Yule wi
wad hae tae spen Yule hersel. Bobbin the Spurgie an
9 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I wait, the bobbin shape, on page 7

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
yir white head lik a daisy bobbin on page 88

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
n saiconts hir heid wuid keep bobbin roond the end o the piano tae
1 matches

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