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The word 'chimley'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chimleyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3148
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 188.3 6 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chimley 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
a curnie chessmen doun i the chimley-neuk amo the shinners, but ae on page 15

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
stnut, chicken, chief, chiel, chimley, chin, chip, chitter, choice,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ad biggit her a new hearth an chimley wi a muckle brace, tae tak th on page 71

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nock skited doucely alang the chimley-brace, upliftin jougs and vaw on page 126

1 matches

Annand, J. K. Lallans 75 - Yule, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
I ken he’ll wale oor chimley oot
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Whar the wind-moan in the chimley, or the sunset ower the moss on page 18

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
the wunda, an yin fit up the chimley, an said tae hirsel, "A canna on page 35
A wud say-Wha's gan doon the chimley? - Naw, naw mae! Yae dae it! on page 38
chin an scraepin aal roon the chimley jest abain hir: thin sayin ta on page 39

6 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ne yit the wind blatterin the chimley breest an the uncertaintie o on page 9
wi its stained green waal an chimley-stak void o smoke. She steppe on page 50

2 matches

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