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The word 'bastart'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bastartOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.76215
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 2
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 189.6 37 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 7
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 bastart in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
in an blindin, "I'll brak the bastart's neck til him! I'll shiv his on page 86

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ou think I got set up wi that bastart whan I gaed til Ullapool lest on page 26

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
appent here, son? Some coorse bastart's went an Glesgied thir screw on page 96

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
' said Clugger, 'Whaur's that bastart McBain?' on page 60

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Bastart! Dirty wee keech!” Yer voic
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ies, she said, Ya bigotet big bastart. on page 66
fancy him Kirsty he's an ugly bastart. Ah said, Naw he isnae. You'v on page 77
aid, Ah pure hate that spawny bastart. Well phone yir ma then, ah s on page 81
ight Charlene. Shut it ya fat bastart, said Chariene. If ah'm fat t on page 145
en though he wis an nasty aul bastart (so says ma ma) who made ma g on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Shout names (lik 'bastart', 'prick', an 'whoors'!) At d on page 29

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s only ettlin tae disarm the bastart, daena gae tae knock the wapp
Bit he is a verra dangerous bastart. Daena e’en meet his ee gin
Maybe he wisna a cauldbluidit bastart aathegither. “Ah’m thinki
me thinkin it wis Raggle’s! Bastart.
4 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ke it wae ye an go an see the bastart an put it behind ye: } on page 11
el, ye see ~ always some poor bastart further doon that sheer cliff on page 12

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in full pelt away fae the mad bastart. Pearcey kin dae whit he want
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e. ‘Here, check this Fenian bastart. You fuckin loast ya Micky cu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
arin fae naewhere, pickin the bastart up an rockin it in his airms,
zin every bit ay life oot the bastart like watter fae a wet towel,
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ent, this!’ ah sais tae the bastart. Boof! Right in there. Ah’m
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed again an ah could tell the bastart wis gettin a kick oot ay it.
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it fae me, that cunt is a bad bastart an if he get his claws intae
ye believe that? bead rattlin bastart! Sorry lads, nae offence if y
o ye callin hen ya cheeky wee bastart?’ the barmaid, who looks ta
THAT BOAY ALANE YA MISERABLE BASTART! He’s only huvin a good tim
4 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hind it. Ah let oot a loud ‘Bastart!’ afore ah even realise ah
‘Ya bastart ye, Coyle! Ye couldnae huv le
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an The Fast Show but the dozy bastart just stares at me.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
first gairden at haun ya mad bastart.’ ah sais.
ay things, ah notice the big bastart draggin its front hoof backwa
mpanied by visions ay the big bastart just behind me ready tae gore
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t in the waiys ay the thievin bastart.
aboot wae it, the big bullyin bastart foldin like a pack ay cairds.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t aw, he’s just a big hairy bastart.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sling yer hook ya cheeky wee bastart!’ ah sais tae him, nae resp
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Some junkie bastart blagged ma wee brur’s bike.
im, din’t ah? Fuckin junkie bastart. Ma da just bought the fuckin
YOU’RE GETTIN IT YA JUNKIE BASTART!’ McDade screams, boundin a
‘Junkie bastart, think ye could huv the lads.
4 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais an they aw dae it. Every bastart in the waiy moves, clearin a
‘Away ye go, ya bastart, ye!’ the auld guy wae the
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
back then — the cheeky wee bastart that showed up that Monday mo
noo. Ah’ll see this McNulty bastart right fur his money an put it
2 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
boggin etin o an oanshach o a bastart o a thing. Thir Unionist vote
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ke it wae ye an go an see the bastart an put it behind ye.’
, ye see – always some poor bastart further doon that sheer cliff
heids an kickin oot at every bastart on their waiy up. Others star
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Cheeky bastart, eh? Wants tae know if ah’v
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
usan troops, commanded by his bastart son the Duke o Monmouth, spou on page 39

1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Depression is a bastart,
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General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Nor his 'callet' nor thaur 'bastart bairn'. on page 15

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
us a taill aboot thon bad wee bastart.' on page 14

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Urquhart, Andrew Lallans 104 - Queen a Clatty Pats, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Ken at bastart o a booncir - on page 100

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
some bastart's stole awa the sun nou on page 77

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
you lea that big toarn-faced bastart tae me!" Ernie said, on page 65

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ian as 'slang' is shuirly the bastart get o an edication system at on page 9

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Bit jist let the bastart staun. on page 19

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