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The word 'coverin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
coverinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23023
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.3 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of coverin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Shü wis blyde ta see a coverin a snaa ipo her path as shü t on page 27

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
l wireless. Wunner fa will be coverin yon coveted flytime slot. I'm(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Rise tae a fyte coverin o sna,
Ere's a fer coverin o sna fin I rise,
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Ere's a coverin o sna fin we div rise,
A coverin o sna this mornin eence mair,
Ere's a coverin o sna for us tae see,
3 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
came fleein oot in a shooer, coverin Hercules fae tap tae taes in on page 8

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Her face reassembled itsell, coverin the expression which said 'th on page 1

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
vered because it wisnae worth coverin. Nooadays, we can luik back
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
r long black hair is slightly coverin her puss and a crack pipe lie
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey @VFSportsPix am coverin every angle noo - sose naebu (2020) twitter link

West Central

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
e, ah saw millions o speeders coverin th bluidy waws an smelt a hel
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
actually gey uissfu documents coverin aw the genres – hopefully s
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
up, sherds o screen erywhere coverin the flair. Then she had tae n
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
oat aw the management an that coverin fur him an helpin him oot an on page 23

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gear an pulls away laughin, coverin every cunt - me, two auld gu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
as bad wae its morning frost coverin.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pepperin the grun wae a light coverin. A wee sparra catches ma atte
aboot as low as ye kin waeoot coverin yer eyes. He's goat yer typic
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he moon like a widow’s veil coverin her auld coupon.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
cuid weel be daein wi a guid coverin tae shield the grun. Gin we g on page 81

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Coverin tane-tither in kisses, on page 25

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
is pocket for his hankie and, coverin his mooth, hoastit intae it a on page 66

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tands and takes aff the glass coverin and pulls the photie o the St on page 81

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ivar weil as a student, throu coverin faur mair subjecks an times, on page 130

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@iainnicol tweeted
pdennis Leukin forrit tae you coverin the bill.(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@holyroodmandy Fause-face coverin whaur ye maun Aye wash yer mi(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Mrs Andrews," she caalt oot, coverin on page 19

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ir sax drummin' associations coverin' differ pairts o' Norlin Airl on page 39

1 matches

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