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Use in varieties of Scots

rusty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 8.6 4.5 0 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences2417 3 0 0 2 2
Number of authors19 12 3 2 2

Occurrences of rusty in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ill starns will be wells wi a rusty pulley. The haill starns will on page 88

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
loomit ower him. It had great rusty reid teeth an airms like tree on page 66
es writhin in seek. Its great rusty ted tecth were dreepin wi som on page 69

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Gleamin fences, rusty railins, on page 94

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
olled oantae the movin pile o rusty two pences. She smirked. Mome on page 31

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
hing that ah am, includin the rusty wirkins o ma lang-lown tongue
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The rusty hinges fae the gate intae the
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Every wan ae these auld rusty railings is tapped wae a nast
nt doon hard ontae wan ae the rusty railing spikes. In a movie, t
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n eventually e’en some auld rusty tuils, which he cleant up an
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tadium. He pushed through the rusty turnstyles. He sneakily crept
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
that every wan ae these auld rusty railins is tapped wae a nasty
doon haird oantae wan ae they rusty railin spikes. In a filum, th
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
examinin ma tool kit. Fae the rusty pair ae pliers doon tae the b
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@WhenDidADidny tweeted
ta been rustier than some mad rusty hing n played fuckin woefully (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rtainly an improvement on the rusty mess it was before - so what (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Mr Rusty's here, so dinna be rude on page 154

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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
y fifties, packed themsels on rusty fishing boats and heided aff
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@RedSquirrelsinW @brsquirrel Rusty, they say rooshtie roon aboot (2020) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer grey and rusty flaking metals on page 34

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Some rusty folk oot golfin today. Just a(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
at dailygaun an aipen tha oul rusty yett ye'll see forenent ye th on page 8

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ews an things an the odd auld rusty spring, on page 10

1 matches

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