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The word 'dowpit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dowpitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.8264
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 75.2 23 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 dowpit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
wpit An she wis weel an truly dowpit Boo't twa-fal she wis stuck i on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
inno the fairm cairts, an war dowpit doon quate like, Tarry the he
like Minnie wis watchin noo, dowpit doon on the hill, owerluikin
faither's aits war cuttit, an dowpit doon in the roch jobby stibbl
Dowpit doon at the back o the class,
urbed him frae his reest. She dowpit doon on the crackly forest fl
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hon fine spring foreneen. She dowpit doon an started tae skyte chu
e twa demon sisters cam by an dowpit doon at the foun. Noo, the fi
oon tae the lochan. Jenny wis dowpit doon inno her reest like a bo
wrinkled like a taed. She wis dowpit doon atap an auld fish box, w
ikin trauchelt. A patient wis dowpit inno a wheelcheer at the neis
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
kfast. Jist afore he left, he dowpit a box doon cannie at Jessieâ€
wisna in her gairden. She wis dowpit doon in a cheer in her hoose,
pens an they dowpit doon aneth the tree tae draw
tled it. Neist nicht, Jeemsie dowpit doon aside his mither, an aa
lang till the pairty, sae he dowpit hissel doon
7 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
An he gomed at Deedledee, fa dowpit doun stracht on the mouls an on page 59

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
iddleton, fairmer o the place dowpit doon bi the ingle, fyle his d on page 51

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
dowpit doun ahint the wheel o his ca
1 matches

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