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Use in varieties of Scots

clumsy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 3 5.9 0 0 0 7.7
Number of occurrences126 4 0 0 0 2
Number of authors11 5 4 2

Occurrences of clumsy in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
mebody that wis kinna muckle, clumsy an awkward in their movements on page 23

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ckons me. I cross to My Lady, clumsy and embarrassed at her attent on page 3

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
t he had tummelt ower his ain clumsy buits and faain asleep. It wa on page 17

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Withoot thae clumsy hauns o mine.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cht,” he sayed, “Ah’m a clumsy ful.” He wandert aff. She s
r had tane her be surprise - clumsy eejit.
2 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Great clumsy brutes, they squat ootowre on page 10

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
O Nick's richt clumsy fingers, on page 26

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A'm a clumsy galoot on page 81

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
aegon Ridiculously narrow and clumsy definition tae start with (2022) twitter link

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
s’ can be used to describe a clumsy, awkward person or even a foo(2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
xcept for 'cach handed' as in clumsy. https://t.co/ZFTJpKxVKH (2021) twitter link