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Use in varieties of Scots

wardrobe Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 11.4 11.8 19.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences3523 8 2 2 0 0
Number of authors23 15 5 2 1

Occurrences of wardrobe in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
In the wardrobe in the bedroom ah reach up ta on page 10

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
CY: Tom! The twa men cairry a wardrobe doon the path tae the hoose. on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t's juist left wi the bed and wardrobe, an the first guitar we had i on page 3

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
rain patterns oan the big oak wardrobe. The swurls wuid then group i on page 11
went. Floatit back intae the wardrobe. She must no huv buin that fo on page 12
sdom, din awa wae the big oak wardrobe, eftir gien me wan hell o a f on page 16

3 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Alice in Wonderland an oor f on page 7

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,' Matilda said. 'Ah ween Mr C on page 74

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he nicht. Ye dinnae think the wardrobe's alive, dae ye? on page 61

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
fae heid tae fit. Insteid o a wardrobe, there wis a muckle cairdboar on page 29
r the windae in their room. A wardrobe insteid o a cairdboard box. B on page 36

2 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
. it hid a bed, a desk, a wee wardrobe an a sink. It looked like a p
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
cleared oot ma cupboards, ma wardrobe, ma sock drawer. Ah've pairti
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
t. Athin placed perfectly. Ma wardrobe i same, claiths neatly in pil
t puts me in i bad books. Her wardrobe is neat fan she wants it tae
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
es borraed fae oor mither’s wardrobe.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
at loves hissel an his muckle wardrobe o kilts mair nor the fowk an
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
doon aff the tap shelf ay the wardrobe. The broon envelope wae the m
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
™m starin at, stuck unner the wardrobe.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
In the wardrobe in the bedroom ah reach up ta
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
h mirror in the middle of the wardrobe and saw this dull drab figure
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
Angela.. So I can get my top wardrobe shelf back... ?? (2023) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
ong. Whatevers nearest in the wardrobe! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
n should hae twa sarks in the wardrobe fan his brither hisna ane tae on page 30

1 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t the back o her granmither's wardrobe, aneth piles o sheen aa weel on page 22

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
un near green wi envy: er ain wardrobe owed mair te the Reed Cross s on page 30
heid es he raikit throwe the wardrobe. on page 53
es for sale: Victorian double wardrobe, drawers, hand-carved bed-end on page 71

3 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
'. Praisently, the fountain's wardrobe has mair than a thoosand rig- on page 13

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
She strode ower tae the wardrobe, pued oot a thin simmer frock
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Skirts wisna in me wardrobe on page 100

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Heavy widden wardrobe full o witches and wild thing on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
broidery. Dat's hingin ati my wardrobe yet, it's my maist precious p on page 19
re fun ipo da tap a Jeannie's wardrobe," Janice enthused, "He's stuf on page 76

2 matches

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