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The word 'apron'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
apronOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72515
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of apron in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
a apron an a smile. Sheu tryd on page 11

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r mysteries tae onybody in an apron, ither than a smith or a farr
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
git oot in the lang skirts an apron o a Nor-East fish wife.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
lint ‘n’ fleerish fae her apron pooch for tae licht the cannl
lint ‘n’ fleerish fae her apron pooch she tried wi freezin ha
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Wiping her hands on her apron, she left the kitchen. Jessie
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
r makkin breid wearin a funcy apron, on page 34

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in road in an oot. Up oan the apron, front ae the shop, lookin do on page 1

3 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. Ah’ve goat ma butchers’ apron oan and ah’m carefully exam
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
2 He had the same material of apron, as my dungarees. It was mean(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lassie happy - ee shood c ma apron lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
said, wipin his hauns on his apron, “But when ye sit yersel do
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an auld broun dress alow her apron, which micht no aye be as cle on page 57
inner legs an stuck it in her apron pocket wi the wards, on page 94

2 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
happenin, he had taen oaf his apron and hat, pit the knife intae on page 9

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hit wee lassie gruppin at the apron-tails hingin ower her swallt on page 46
uried wee Jennet's pow in her apron - ower late. on page 47
as he skelpt his hauns on his apron tae dicht aff the flour. 'An on page 72

3 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ae wi the same flooery, cream apron. Ah'd been fruitful and multi on page xxi
remember Mammy no bein in an apron; maybe that's why ah wis so d on page 75

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
drap beer spilt on a lassie's apron; she walks by them and they'r on page 72

2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
re's a muckle great butcher's apron on the corner garden along fr(2020)

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