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The word 'baxter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
baxterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62212
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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 baxter in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
es sae low,' Minnie heard Mrs Baxter, frae Lower Kilrogie girn tae
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ed roon the girse till Teenie Baxter fand them. Johnny Patterson w
It wis naw contest. Teenie Baxter skytit on a bannock o sharn,
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
shooer,’ chipped in Norrie Baxter. He wis daein Psychology an w
1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ntify thae 'ingredients'. The baxter scrieves doon the 'recipe' an on page 80

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
St Andrews' street name frae Baxter's Wynd tae Baker's Lane. The
a favourite poem o mine, The Baxter's Van, frae his buik, Kate o
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
urite oot o this group is The Baxter's Van.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
e set fit inby the door o the baxter’s shop whan aabody leukit r
Bi she’s inby the baxter’s door for the fourth time
2 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tairted in service fur the’ Baxter fowk in Dundee. They’re pui
ch an ah cannae staun her. Mr Baxter is bonnie though; he couldnae
s absolutely petrified but Mr Baxter wis incredibly excited.
he scary lecky device that Mr Baxter hud shown me in his study. Sh
4 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
when Busy Baxter, ae nicht, heard it hack on page 112

2 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Scottish History, Jamie Reid Baxter raings Carver’s genius alan
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
The Baxter's Van on page 45
set ableeze the baxter's hoose on page 46

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a by a guid ten year. Stanley Baxter, Andrew Duncan, Andrew Keir,
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ld fashioned nicht o' Stanley Baxter, Chic Murray, Rikki Fulton, L(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
In St Andrews, the fact that Baxter’s Wynd is nou the ‘more e
1 matches

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