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The word 'duster'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dusterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 164.2 5 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of duster in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid hidna seen a duster since the day I wis struck do on page 25

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ma quine wud get the feather duster oot an div some cleaning the (2015)

Mid Northern B

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
rds in the kitchen tae find a duster and some polish.
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the Little Wifie fell in wi a duster an made sure ere wis nae stue
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ring it's lik a pure knuckle duster. on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Mibbe aboot time he rin a duster ower the pliss an gat rid o a on page 18

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
wi a duster or a shammy. on page 29

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie rested hir duster an watched the minister dwadl on page 38
moquette, an she gied up hit duster: yit anither day was tae pass on page 39
She stairtit tae muive a duster aroon the ceilin rose wi its on page 48
stairtit tae walk away wi hir duster an Ewbank whan Sally caalt hi on page 55
d up an stairtit tae move the duster ower the photographs. "What m on page 56

5 matches

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