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The word 'bobbin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bobbinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82213
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 bobbin in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I wait, the bobbin shape, on page 7

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
yir white head lik a daisy bobbin on page 88

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ghed. Ilkie year, her friens, Bobbin the Spurgie an Deirdre the De
artificial anes,” quo Bobbin. ‘Siller trees wi streamers
.Bit d’ye ken this Bobbin? I saw a braw pyock o Xmas de
“Jist the verra dab,” quo Bobbin. “We’ll bring in Yule wi
wad hae tae spen Yule hersel. Bobbin the Spurgie an
9 matches

General Northern

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a bobbin birlin up es cotton-candy on page 82

1 matches

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
bobbin fae side tae side. on page 86

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s were poored, wi lumps o ice bobbin aboot in he
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
h ken this wae the wey he’s bobbin his heid and hummin along tae
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
g had abandoned, that wis noo bobbin up in doon the pan lik a wee on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
heir airms folded an shooders bobbin up an doon. on page 24

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
standing wi thir feet spread, bobbin thir heids like powerful chic on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e English Norman, the Graham, bobbin an scraipin tae Edward. Na, h on page 9

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
the foremaist joukster said, bobbin like a gaberlunzie. "But wid on page 58

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
n saiconts hir heid wuid keep bobbin roond the end o the piano tae
1 matches

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