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Use in varieties of Scots

boozer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.3 9.5 16.3 0 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences3119 11 0 0 0 1
Number of authors11 7 3 1

Occurrences of boozer in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
in away. A'm walkin by an eld boozer wae ma hood up. It's yir typi on page 38

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
got thegither in the nearest boozer ae lowsin time. Aabody said t on page 86
me on, we'll awa doun tae the boozer afore we split up!" on page 90

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
awed Paul who ah kent fae the boozer hud jumped oantae a till. He on page 31
rstandin wae that boay at the boozer. Naeboady fae Leith is daft e on page 35
quid voucher fae Argos. This boozer is the sortae place yae widna on page 67
ompetition. Everyboady in the boozer stoaps what their dain tae ad on page 79
cious point ae gittin tae the boozer before everyboady else. Darte on page 98
Also on pages 99, 103, 105, 108, 112
10 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hances. She ran a pretty fine boozer aw the same, but mebbe seein on page 100
l, tho it kept on bein a fine boozer (it still is) it wis never qu on page 102

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Bit she's doon the boozer wi her mates the night. She's on page 45

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ght when ah goat hame fae the boozer efter watchin the gemme. Ah l
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
yer time in a bookie's ur a boozer's ye widnae know the inside a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
n oaff license. Or some cheap boozer somehow constitutes luxury. I
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'M A BOOZER on page 90

9 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@thedecor85 Get doon the boozer we yer winfa.(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
True story for a laugh...oor boozer is fur the hard n hearty...wa (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
lave o dree, A family man, an boozer tae, Wi Masonic rites | full on page 59

1 matches

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