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Use in varieties of Scots

cleanin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 12.4 22.2 0 29.1 0 33.9
Number of occurrences5325 15 0 5 0 7
Number of authors31 15 9 3 3

Occurrences of cleanin 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

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
the dry cleanin lassie said, on page 4

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
e wark, ye've nae cookin' nur cleanin' tae dae, an' ye've got yer m on page 27

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
da hud a wee stint at windae cleanin just efter his redundancy. Aw on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t ah tell Alana: "You'll find cleanin stuff in the kitchen cupboard on page 84
ere, ah've goat a shit loadae cleanin tae dae tae. Will yae, look a on page 118
usly, this new foond love fur cleanin wis inspired wae the energisi on page 143

5 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an em seek o cleanin that room oot tae on page 105

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nally got a job. He's startet cleanin the toilets across the road f on page 97
hill daein anythin other than cleanin an runnin the tucky never min on page 100

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah taen wee cleanin joabs an that, ye know, on page 69

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
o airms, each wi a different cleanin device which skooshed watter on page 10

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
methin cawed SKINKLY-DENT FOR CLEANIN YER WALLIES. It wis a white p on page 21
a neb through the box wi shoe-cleanin graith - brushes and tins an on page 24

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The landlady wis ootside, cleanin the steps. "See you men wi ye on page 38
nt ootside. Mary had finished cleanin the steps an the street wis q on page 41

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
The Cleanin Wifies on page 42

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and juist cleanin his stairheid's her livin on page 76

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
an feedin the hens as weel as cleanin the hoose an daein the washin on page 120

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
r somebody tae gie him a haun cleanin it oot. Gang ower and redd up on page 21

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e hersel, tendin til her kit, cleanin a rifle or polishin hame-made
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n oan tae a rag an removin an cleanin the spark plugs afore checkin
1 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
funny coffee before ya do the cleanin hen! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e, an he workit in a factory, cleanin. He gaed tae his shed mair af on page 17

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ons, The hospital stinks like cleanin stuff an the fleer is so shin on page 96

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cost em fifteen poun fir the cleanin." on page 19

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
rin set doon bi Moses for his cleanin, tae set e lid on e cure. Bit on page 87

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ish had set Dod an Jessie tae cleanin the haal, an the mornin room, on page 106

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ine I hinna started my spring cleanin
cleanin".
their Spring cleanin ( fin een started ey a'a star
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
sed wi Ronald's effort at lum cleanin. She said, "I wid like tae ga
cleanin up time, fowk wi shovels an b
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nt o the seen-tae-be-Hogmanay cleanin yestreen, an hid socht fur a
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
iz writin doon names o windae cleanin customers. A watched as he st
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
ye at it ficherin , washin en cleanin

@Franwella tweeted
w much better ye feel jist we cleanin yer teeth :-)(2012) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
ethin caa’ed BRILLIDENT FOR CLEANIN FAAS TEETH. Hit wis a white p
e hunsed trowe da box wi shoe-cleanin gaer – brushes an tinnies a
2 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
s an da dukes’ll no be lang cleanin up da idder stuff! Hae du! Na
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Whit's even waar aboot aa dis cleanin exhaustion is dat I need tae (2021) search twitter
Da rest o da cleanin an tidyin will juist hae ta w(2021) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
oad. She was on a step ladder cleanin the pgutterin pipe an singin on page 22
her neighbour in the scullery cleanin or fussin ower hir faither. M on page 28
cud, leavin Maisie the task o cleanin ruims that wur niver uised. on page 48
hoose is spotless. Wiver mine cleanin an come an hae a wee drap o t on page 54
me tae see her. If she wasnae cleanin, she liked tae gie the impres on page 55

5 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Buffin', teasin, an cleanin' on page 9

1 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
plooin, plantin an hervestin, cleanin sheughs or sinkin wals. Yin t
1 matches

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