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Use in varieties of Scots

dump Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 11.3 10.6 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3222 7 2 1 0 0
Number of authors22 13 6 2 1

Occurrences of dump 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
gin, this watter. Things folk dump. Supposed tae be cleared up. on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
a posh hotel raither nor the dump we were in nou. It had occurr on page 72

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hamely feel tae it than this dump. Thirty years oan this planet on page 13
the horror stories aboot the dump. on page 67
h. And this fuckin hoose is a dump. on page 83

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
aunle her? So noo ye want tae dump her ontae donsie Miss Plimsol on page 81

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
re ragin an he tolt Wully tae dump Charlene. She never even tolt on page
but a user, she said, She'll dump that wee Nicola as soon as su on page 76
eeps sayin how dae ah no jist dump Charlene. All she ever does i on page 79

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And the warm breeze whan they dump the slag on page 52

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
oor tae ma mither. We'll jist dump the stuff inside an that's us on page 24
i Isa's bag an purse in it an dump it. on page 44

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e it wis the reason he didnae dump me efter his first Brennan-fa on page 10

1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
an jewellery aff the body an dump it back in the grave. They wa
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Rubbish dump,” Bill sayed. He pyntit oot
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Doon the dump
Three o’ us went doon the dump Jazza fun a bicycle pump A lo
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
tutes luxury. It’s a fuckin dump, if ever there wis yin.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oute 66. And also, tae take a dump in the centre ae the Tynecast
ucks happened? The place is a dump, mate. And you look terrible.
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
uid job, they're too guid tae dump mate... ?? (2023) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yHook1 laddies a liability - dump him ffs lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
e clubhoose, it leuks a richt dump!' on page 35

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
hert gaed hitch, my hert gaed dump, on page 87

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
was a huge, shiny yalla Tonka dump truck, gey near as big as his
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
r telt the fermer. "Oh I jist dump it." The fermer
1 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
could jist sweep it a up and dump it a in the bin. The scaffies
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
dubby in aboot the yetts? Tae dump by-product fae fishin? https: (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
He dump'd id in the barrel ootside th on page 82

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Thowt Orkney wis 'a dead old dump' - ower weel fur the likes o on page 59

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ooer Park is opening too!! Da Dump and da Park, what more do we (2020) search twitter