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Use in varieties of Scots

dressin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 8.9 13.3 0 17.4 0 11.6
Number of occurrences3318 9 0 3 0 3
Number of authors24 11 7 3 3

Occurrences of dressin in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ind Huey strippin doon in his dressin room, door wide open, like he on page 27

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
blue ribbon frae Mrs Jones's dressin-table, and wis haudin it up t on page 6

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
There wis a wee dressin-table in Matilda's bedroom wi on page 204
middle, pirled awa across the dressin-table and landed on the carpe on page 205

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
On his mither's dressin-table in the bedroom, Geordie on page 21
gs in the cludgie and on Ma's dressin table.' on page 76

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
airms and pulled them intae a dressin room. The room wis stoorie bu on page 134

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
the cord frae Janet's dressin-goon on page 52
Fir his dressin up was naethin like on page 53

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
a mainer o bairns’ fantoosh dressin up claes an pokey hats, rubbe
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ul' watter. A wis still in ma dressin' goon whin A slid ri leg a' l
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Fair enough, A went intae the dressin’ room where the class were
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
doon the passageway, frae the dressin’ rooms at Philiphaugh, jist
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e ribbon frae Mrs Cameron’s dressin-table, and wis haudin it agin
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
win up bonnie hoose-fronts an dressin as peasants, wavin tae the ob
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
A showed her pictures of the dressin room celebrations,then, BOOM!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ns an dishes an a rag-bug fir dressin-up. Imagination wis King an m on page 21

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
dressin tae kill, on page 26

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t ma neck - Ah eesed te like dressin up, bit noo it's aa shapeless on page 44

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
and got himself a new dressin goon. on page 163

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Weel, aye, gin ye caa aat a-dressin," the Queen said. on page 63
the peer Queen. "I hae been a-dressin mysel for twa hours past!" on page 64

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
nstein (weel happit in a pink dressin goon) and Lord Alfred were si on page 90

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
dressin rooms, banned fae the field o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
, washin Minnie's faither, an dressin him in hgis Sabbath suit, eve
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ill hedd pride o place on her dressin table till da day shü left, on page 24

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
On his midder’s dressin-table i da bedroom, Dodie fan
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ncers, in me rubber böts and dressin goon #shetland #aurora #grati(2016) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
" gasped Maisie, clatchin hir dressin goun, "Ye feart the life cot on page 10

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
¯g roon ït an gie ït a guid dressin o dung. If thair's onie fïgs on page 93

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Scots hae a lang tradeetion o dressin in dark claes an annoyin folk (2014) twitter link

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