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Use in varieties of Scots

loom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 6 1.5 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences1612 1 0 0 0 3
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of loom in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
the weavin shed, an windit a loom o spears wi bluidy entrails. on page 14

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aged tae get jobs at the hand-loom weavin, which wis whit maist on page 62
s man, an turnit tae the hand-loom weavin tae earn a crust. He'd on page 111

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
clackin the loom tae win thir breid. on page 18

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
ies wey gets ootside never ti loom through faur remembraunce on page 26

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'll loom oot o the mirk like mad,
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
een. Afore sittin doon at her loom, she pit on her bronze helmet
o the rainbow daunced aff her loom. As she wove, she minded stor
d the clackin o Philomela’s loom. As she luiked at the edges o
an ettled tae haud ontae her loom, but Athena’s pooer wis owe
re Arachne’s claith aff her loom an rived it intae taivers, th
5 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
altho the man hud been at his loom at the time o the offence. Pa

Doric

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie Fruit o the Loom asweel min. Quality cloth lik(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
m James Madonal warkin at tha loom - mebbe ye hae mine o it? on page 8

3 matches

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