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Use in varieties of Scots

washing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 5.1 16.5 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2410 11 1 0 1 1
Number of authors18 10 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of washing in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ule bill, 'French, music, and washing-extra.'" on page 44

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ye've got a guid drooth, the washing's aw dried, then ye've tae ma on page 4

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s to be walked; my hair needs washing or my hair wants to be washed
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e gratis and Doris did aa her washing and ironing tae boot. As I sa
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
who knew putting the washing machine oan at the wrong sett(2014) search twitter

@FaetheRye tweeted
he place when I wis wee. Then washing laid oot on grass. Also a sep (2021) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
I'm finished, hoosework done, washing hinging there drying, Whit's (2023) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
turner Right I'd best put the washing oan hen, the pic I just tweet (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
more importantly tae dry the washing ?? (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
esolution is tae try tae stop washing cutlery and cookin utensils a(2020) search twitter

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
THE WASHING LINE
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
day fae Scottish Gas so ah'm washing a ma claes, hooverin hoose an(2016) search twitter
elves! Fa is gyan tae get the washing in noo?(2018) search twitter
e of rain an aire is a mannie washing his windows like a feel! Nae (2018) search twitter
dinging doon an noo he’s oot washing an polishing his car likes it(2018) search twitter
alling the yoke button on the washing machine the play button!(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ive - jist nae keen on white washing as an end in itself (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Dry yer washing on em(2020) search twitter
ed planning permission if the washing hings there muckle langer(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ffa exciting day fer me. Deen washing, hoovering & cleaning as wife(2017) search twitter
ither day! Guts still like a washing machine!(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e hoose clean and cooking and washing. So against me wishes a lass on page 21

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Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
t she says.plus a nva put the washing machine on right #womensworki(2012) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
no be hanging like a week’s washing the morra. The Queens creativ(2020) search twitter