A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

toff Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 4.5 5.9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences139 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 8 3

Occurrences of toff 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

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
toff, wi a pair o white kid-gloves on page 17

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
e their boats. There wus this toff, fae Edinburgh Ah think, weel on page 16

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Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
In 1917 a toff Scot cried Balfour said naeth on page 25

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae the common man. Does this toff realise he's addressin somebo on page 52

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
-in-the-mooth, Eton-eddicated toff tryin tae tel] ye hou Scottis on page 84

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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
rer the mairk. He wis a richt toff an he had aboot half a dozen on page 76

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
O a dyin toff, on page 43

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
he lies here like a toff, in on page 5

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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
€™s auld hoose staunds on the toff’s estate doun the river Nav
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Oh no! Nae 'Tamara the toff'." on page 74

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e fae ahin the bar an anither toff
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e thing wis touched. The city toff duly agreed an took a good fe
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