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Use in varieties of Scots

toffs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 4 6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences138 4 0 0 1 0
Number of authors9 5 3 1

Occurrences of toffs in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
funny hoo thone toffs feel the need o' their 'wee b on page 17
ornin', Ah dinnae kin hoo the toffs can drink that stuff every ni on page 30

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n is makin sure aw these rich toffs huv made a tidy profit fae oo on page 24

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
m, but apein, forbye, hou the toffs o England speak. An it's jist on page 18
t tae mak life easier fer the toffs at the top which is whit capi on page 32

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
a dozen yunger lads, maistly toffs theirsels, hingin on his ivve on page 76

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
fowk beirs the grie ower the toffs, but A'l lea ye ti finnd that on page 9

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
e an ootcast fae the group eh toffs he wiz wi. As he glanced up t
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
MacTavish, in that funny wye toffs sometimes try tae spik the ve on page 107
let oot the big hoose tae the toffs that come up for the shootin on page 110

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
his heid, he heard een o the toffs say. "Oh I say, I see that Sc
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ved like battery hens, an the toffs an nibbery in their fine gran
1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
em within, a cannae see royal toffs joinin the gravy train fur no(2020) search twitter