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The word 'bowfin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bowfinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33119
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 5
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 bowfin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r peenies. A wee fite dug wis bowfin an bowfin an rinnin up an doo
an bowfin an rinnin up an doon in excit
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
up’n doon bowfin. It tuik Mistress McGincy oor
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
an e dog wad rin to the hedge bowfin for aa he was wirth. There wa on page 55

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
"Ugly! Mingin! Bowfin!" the ither deuks quaicked fa on page 19

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
hud oot aat lang, ma vyce wi bowfin, ma teeth wi chaain wull aa h on page 26

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
-luggin yin anither, nae dugs bowfin, nae bairns yellyhooin. A ken on page 80

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e. The air roon this cave wis bowfin, It reeked o a thoosan midden on page 7
reat pile o them, a big broon bowfin bing o manure that went aw th on page 23

2 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
for nae reason when it tastit bowfin onywey an there wis a crusty
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
ma petrified feet. An she wis bowfin. Soor an fishy, as if she hud on page 11

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
fore the faither left fur his bowfin second-haund car garage, Mati on page 24
rn. There wis a bottle o this bowfin purple broo on the shelf abui on page 52
Lavender said. 'It'll be pure bowfin.' on page 122

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ngy his claes an body wir ay, bowfin! on page 108

1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he dair as he did an absolute bowfin smell fillt the hoose. It sme
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a fae him as they cud: he wis bowfin.
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
But skelly, naw, bowfin aye, a wee bit naturally on page 75

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
An bowfin big nashers in iz big jowly j on page 4
An the bowfin big nashers in iz big jowly j on page 14

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
derneath an the full place is bowfin ay the smell ay wet dug.
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
' pure mince! A' thit howfin' bowfin' roarin' stramash is enuf tae on page

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Letters to the Editor - Sea-maws, (The Scotsman 2000) Central, newspaper
jaggin its neb intae mingin, bowfin bin bags?The wis a time whan on page 13

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
ts owner's feet were hoat and bowfin.) on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Bowfin lassie,' said Grannie Jockina on page 39
A rotten nit, a bowfin pear, on page 133

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
faur awa as possible fae this bowfin auld wumman. on page 8

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Beek a mile aff. He's totally bowfin.' on page 33

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aw they've come up wi is this bowfin sauce." on page 48

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
or the witch. They were baith bowfin. on page 28

1 matches

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