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The word 'dusty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dustyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51511
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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) 197 6 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dusty in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ad on the wey back is dry and dusty on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
a rake it trow aa ower again. Dusty da ginger tom cat followin me
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
gets a wee bit mad...mah mate Dusty from. Seattle wis sharing a f (2021) twitter link

General Northern

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a coorse an dusty mool that gars on page 90

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ave tae me stappit wi boxes o dusty cloots an ither stuff that by
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d o the Serengeti wis dry and dusty an the tree he wis restin unn
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
'aboot time aw wis hittin the dusty trail; the nights are fair dr on page 32

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
Check ma skirt. Dusty bum, no a good look. on page 8

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
In deaths cold bed the dusty part here les O one who did t on page 33

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
In and out go dusty bluebells on page 49

4 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
@BernMcAllister, thank you :) Dusty Bluebells needed you! https:/(2020)
cotsAgen Aye it’s oot noo - Dusty Bluebells https://t.co/7xnkhE(2020)

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