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The word 'doll'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dollOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.24729
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 3
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 34.1 14 7
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster 30 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of doll in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ve fall foul o "Nana's peedie doll" on page 14
id's lyan there like a peedie doll - and hid's fur as muckle us on page 60

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a rag doll an a widden boat thir only to on page 117

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A cat ina doll's pram waeran doll's claes on page 42

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
haddin up da leg o a plastic doll. on page 27
d a lookit eftir him, I hae a doll's bottle, an I wid a fed him, on page 30

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fair age mebbe even as aul as Doll, hersel. Bit he hid te admit on page 60

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor typo aimee doll, you clearly mean sashay ;)(2011)
I wudna doll, yer bits might fa oot!(2012)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Black would be easy. A wee doll. A needle. She could blund hi on page 1

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ur aw the world like a broken doll. That's whan Ah cud jist drap on page 15

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the hoose an get it, will ye, doll?" on page 29

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
had happened. It's a Russian doll o a question, an it's yin tha
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s still refers tae weemin as 'doll', 'sweetheart', 'babe' or 'su
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
‘Me neither, baby doll. But dinnae ye worry, we’ll
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@andyhunter987 what a doll brother - aye ad b oan tae h (2020) twitter link
ssie is mature - shees a wee doll likes lol (2021) twitter link
not sure what planet your on doll - but your post is nonsense (2020) twitter link
ye n vicki peach is sum juicy doll tae likes - laddie seems tae (2020) twitter link
t cook wont cook - shees sum doll likes! (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
brought the wean hame, it wis doll pit awaa in the loft, real we on page 102

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hat wee it looked mair like a doll's hoose than a human dwellin. on page 177

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
ng the game up n naming ivery doll wee hid. In eventually fan it
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a drink there doll, ken this eh've been lookin on page 100
Hey there doll, fancy comin back ti meh pad on page 101

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
climbin in. A'd gone up Glen Doll wi Tam Walker an Doad Anderso on page 72

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ig, ye know, it's a right wee doll." An she stairtit thinkin abo on page 62
Noo jist hink aboot it first, doll: she's only a wean!" on page 80
n, who wis jist passin, "Haw, doll-face! D'ye think ye kin gie t on page 84

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
opens the windae, ‘AWRIGHT DOLL, YOU COMIN UP FUR A PARTY?’
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
. 'They daidle ower a raggity doll an it comes gey important tae on page 75

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Awright, doll, you're looking braw, I hope on page 26

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an Ibsen? Whit wid a Scots A Doll’s House luik like?’ (The
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@linda8h @Jab64000 Ah no doll. Ach, am gonny hae anither gl(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ke somebody has made a voodoo doll o' ye and is stabbin it?" "Na (2021) twitter link

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
" said Davie, lukkin at a oul doll leppin aboot on tha dance-fla on page 24

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
et to speak tae some buddy or doll ah know. (Och sure, ye know m
1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
t shirt'll dae me!" "Thon wee doll's as broad as she's lang." "W(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
ere I'll give thon Belarusian doll that used to be in Tipp every(2020)
line @FineGael Was thon Hanna doll nat sitting beside wee Jeffre(2019)
ger on ever!! Apart from thon doll in Deacon Blue.(2020)