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The word 'blouse'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blouseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51813
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of blouse in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A frilly blouse wae butterflies oan on page 98

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it Betty ruggit the tail o er blouse doon ower er backside. "At's on page 83

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ome Economics an she'd aye er blouse unbuttoned hauf wyes doon an on page 23

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nnie lowse the buttons on her blouse, the fite cotton stukken wi s
the tap three buttons on her blouse, openin the boddom o her lang
nnie sterted tae unbutton her blouse, she noticed in the keekin gl
3 matches

South Northern

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
ere's the sough o her taffeta blouse, on page 123

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
look up tae - 2 a wee girls blouse - tut tut lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
that, ah pit on the new pink blouse an the black troosers wi the on page 35

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
but a big girl's blouse. on page 46

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
so she's git on a plain white blouse n black trousers. Addison's m on page 51

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s staunin greetin, the fuckin blouse. ‘They took ma baw.’ he s
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e baby kicks beneath ma white blouse and black skirt, and ah shut on page xii
's long, grey skirt and cream blouse. on page 45
a hauns and reaches intae hur blouse. Hur haun emerges holdin a ta on page 48

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
icht o her gran's new suit an blouse an her hie heelt shuin. Bit m on page 93

1 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
l @Aimee33570306 I'll give ya blouse ya weapon! Yes I know how las (2022) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
ok than thon yin wi the yella blouse in a bundle o wrinkles?" it w(2020)