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Use in varieties of Scots

wattergaw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 4.1 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences98 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of wattergaw in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
thought waukrife of a wattergaw, on page 10
ld Grieve wrocht siccan oot a wattergaw. on page 13

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The petalled wattergaw tae dreichness brount Afore m on page 42

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The Wattergaw
Then a wattergaw cam oot lik an emissary
2 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
but in maist places, a sleety wattergaw or mibbie nane at aw, a case
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Breenge, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central, poetry
thought waukrife of a wattergaw,
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
speirits a wee heize up - a wattergaw glisked here for jist saicont(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wattergaw, she girned tae a sonsie wee
1 matches

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