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The word 'dumps'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dumpsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51512
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 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dumps in Corpus

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
grieve aboot bein doon in I' dumps on page 67

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
got a wee bittie doon in the dumps. (He didnae
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Doon in the dumps noo I div feel,
Richt doon in the dumps I div feel,
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
avin it onywhere. In parks an dumps – an even jist ootside thei
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ng & cleaning as wife doon in dumps. Will sneak awa fer few nips (2017)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ds nou an again, makkin great dumps o alluvial soil. Whiles it’
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
morn, Jeanie gat her birthdey dumps frae aw her freends... and al on page 1

1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
l so ma ma takes a flakey and dumps aw his stuff.
1 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an she's richt doon in the dumps on page 29

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
hat rarely looked doon in the dumps. on page 44

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
gey. Spent mony a day scourin dumps for auld prams just tae get a(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
elt awfy lonely an doon in th dumps. In a wee while, tho, she agi on page 31

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
lt wile lonely an doon in the dumps. In a wee while, hooiniver, s on page 32

1 matches

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