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The word 'banker'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bankerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6128
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 banker in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
hiels were dyow siller till e banker. Een wis dyow five hunner pou on page 92

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
at her man appeared, he wis a banker an, on hearin fit Jonsar Eck
ot that." He snarled. "I am a banker a more educated man than you,
P.S. It wis aye the banker that came tae the door efter
3 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
the Thames. He used tae be a banker but got his jotters fir “di
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r fuck sake, yae dress like a banker noo" on page 136

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Howanever, gin oor doctor or banker or teacher haed spoken tae us
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
year auld designatit thamsels banker on page 49
ootwi thair banker role on page 50

2 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ouble of the person acting as banker, etc’. (Jamieson 1825). The
a sort of accepted stair-head banker and chancellor of the local e
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Banker, wis the resident laird whan
1 matches

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