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The word 'cushie-doos'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cushie-doosOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3113
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 2
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 cushie-doos in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
pen an ink drawing i' ma pet cushie-doos. She can illustrate yer pets (2018)
rd decoy working tae scare ma cushie-doos neebour! https://t.co/zmpW95S(2018)
r satisfying than haen aa yer cushie-doos in a dreel in the reef! https(2018)
appy Faither’s Day abidy. Ma cushie-doos gied me this: https://t.co/ys(2020)

General Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
e the widds, and see whit the cushie-doos are sayin. Sae she clapped hi on page 1
'Whit are ye sayin, cushie-doos?' she spiered. Och, this and on page 2
ell me, sae he disna ken. The cushie-doos dinna ken. The watter-craw wi on page 3
Whit did the cushie-doos say? on page 4

4 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
And the cushie-doos are cooin, on page 75
And the cushie-doos are mooin, on page 76

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tae bribe cushie-doos fur support ower-heid. on page 5

1 matches

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