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Use in varieties of Scots

mop Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 6.2 4.5 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1712 3 1 1 0 0
Number of authors15 10 3 1 1

Occurrences of mop in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
way.' He hawns me a bucket, a mop, a boattil ae bleach, a scrub on page 104

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ae fuss; she tucks her tousie mop on page 93

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
braid as braid, an' a muckle mop o' fair hair. Every time ye s on page 26

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
wi the ceevil servants at the Mop, The fack that sae monie fowk on page 122

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or mop thi flair. on page 103

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
so often yi gie the flairs a mop an check tae see if thir's en on page 97
ae aw ma pals wi a big pishy mop in his haun. on page 100

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ady, as weel as her great big mop o curly hair, had turnt a bri on page 110

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Curly mop, nor nae booze this week. on page 83

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
flair, she battered hur wi a mop. on page 80

1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
there wis a lot tae mop up. But noo I’m hame,
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
e wirk bliddy hard tae try an mop up his muck.' on page 84

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
done when we saw this young, mop-toppit blonde loon. An as we on page 118

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
peir fur a slice i' breid tae mop up the gravy!#blackaffrontit (2019) search twitter

Orkney

West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ifferent - some hoover, some mop on page 74

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
a fire ta big up, da floer ta mop, da table ta swab, an da tae on page 35

1 matches

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