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Use in varieties of Scots

dodgy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.7 16.2 7.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3832 5 0 0 1 0
Number of authors24 19 4 1

Occurrences of dodgy 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

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah lock ma phone, which hus a dodgy home button cause ahve still on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ike the kind they sell at the dodgy Indian next tae the garage, t on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
but I interruptit 'Is it thon dodgy business o yours?' Nae awnswe on page 72

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t wae me aboot this. He looks dodgy as fuck. So, ah lean doon tae on page 163

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Colonial jesters, an dodgy airt maisters, on page 107

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
aboot tae be swampit bi richt dodgy characters, an times whan sil on page 108

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
t wis food poisoning fae some dodgy whelks an if ah ever see the on page 4

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wiv got sum dodgy sayins - el gee yi that, on page 115

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she'd a wee pug nose an pure dodgy greasy hair that'd been dyed on page 68
ah thought it musta been the dodgy takeaway had gied her diaorrh on page 149
unnae ask us tae dae somethin dodgy that might involve me climbin on page 169

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ky box, or huv a pal who cuts dodgy DVDs. on page 52

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
book, not even a photie o dodgy hair extensions like the wans on page 85

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A wee thing dodgy in the rhyme
1 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
It hid a dodgy back groond noise as if there
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tell ye. Cuts aboot wae some dodgy types, know whit ah mean?
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
n life he developed a bit o a dodgy ticker (probably due tae him
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis developin intae a really dodgy situation, Beatrice thocht, b
seemt tae hae a weakness for dodgy characters. She thocht naebod
2 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
r gethert thegither. He spied dodgy vampires an mair ghouls an a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
gure oot how ah’ve went fae dodgy guts and a bad case ae the ru
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
twitter feed ?? the thing is dodgy dinnae click on it no matter (2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
urite Scots words is pruch - dodgy gain or booty. Mind ma uncle (2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
yaise 'chantiewrastler' for a dodgy builder or a naeyisser?(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
066 time to red oot awe these dodgy royals - alas it will never (2020) twitter link
yalPeniAFC @tim_capstick awfy dodgy oan the offsides a thocht - (2020) twitter link
between a defo call off n a dodgy one lol (2020) twitter link
k as feck n the floodlights r dodgy tae - its fitbaw in the raw (2020) twitter link
st time a saw him on telly - dodgy fecker came 2 mind - a rest (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
health problems - fit wi yer dodgy ticker an yer diabetes." Arth on page 47

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wi milk bottle glaisses an a dodgy perm. on page 39

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
misguided’ cooncil and their dodgy agreements wi the likes I Sou (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
in the Fittie Bar, wis eyewis dodgy and one good bang at the side(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
hannel will I find it on o ma dodgy Firestick?(2019) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
let oot o the jyle, Ower thon dodgy cheque, on page 214

1 matches

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