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The word 'brosie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brosieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51511
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brosie 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.

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
aun tae help me sort oot this brosie-heidit gowk Wullie Macdonald? on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Jed wis bikin on ahin him, a brosie laddie fa lived aff Big Mac b
an its keepers. At nicht, twa brosie chiels o monks sat either sid
2 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
loun fand it strynge at sicna brosie-heidit bumbard as hissell cui
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rae the lichtit kitchen cam a brosie face and a flouerie peeny –
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Mrs Wormwidd were baith that brosie-heidit and thirled tae their on page 4
addie got up. He wis a muckle brosie bairn and he hoddled quickly on page 112

2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
A've hid eneuch o this brosie wee ned,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
n A luikit on the eftirins wi brosie-heidit content. Wi sicna enor on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
auld and haed growen a bittie brosie the past wee while, but he wi
lt in the strae. Claver wis a brosie mitherly meir nearin the midd
2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
That yer brosie an daupit on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
at should hae been breedin up brosie caufs? Ilka drap o it has gae on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
brosie, tho on page 30

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
is a rare treat! It wis fou o brosie tatties, ingans an neeps. She
1 matches

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