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The word 'fitbaw'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fitbawOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus60.620119
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 443.5 172 8
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 40.2 8 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 6
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 fitbaw in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
says. 'Rhymes wi craw, snaw, fitbaw. Blaw. Ye smoke it.' on page 1

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
whaur fifth years wes playin fitbaw, but they didna see him. Some on page 89

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
tit him oan thair side at the fitbaw. on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the day ah wis a promisin wee fitbaw player, ah even hud a trial w on page 19
Or, oan some bottle merchant fitbaw player who hus jist seen his on page 27
ould dae suttin aboot women's fitbaw?" on page 29
ces oan the future ae wumen's fitbaw unintentionally provoked a bi on page 31
h wis in the hoose follaein a fitbaw coupon. That hale day the lad on page 40
Also on pages 87, 100, 105, 109
12 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
perae, an mich bettir nor the fitbaw match in Carlyle.
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
d life fur me, ma mammy hated fitbaw n ma dah used tae play until
maw. Ma maw said that playing fitbaw is just a waste eh time but a
ses tae play a game or two eh fitbaw because ah thought it wis the
ma heed, ma heart wis set oan fitbaw since day one. And now am her
n there looking at ma gleamin fitbaw boots ah couldny believe it,
5 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
, see if it fancies a game of fitbaw. https://t.co/5MtVyixTvD(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
l mind n get it cut afore the fitbaw starts wee man - a micht no (2021) twitter link
@AlanRutherford1 outlaw fitbaw matches - noo theres an idea (2021) twitter link
@AlisterWhite jist in fae the fitbaw ali - quality chippy brother (2021) twitter link
n look at us now - overpaid fitbaw players n nae crowds - aye i (2020) twitter link
oan the touchline at amateur fitbaw - a try tae avoid thae no sm (2021) twitter link
and 138 other occurrences.

West Central

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH
Tam loved fitbaw. Et wis his passion. He coodn
y. They shone o’er the Auld Fitbaw Stadium.
rstaun. He spied ten ghaistly fitbaw players, rinnin aboot, an pla
an playin a gie rough game o fitbaw.
5 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ah foond massel prayin fur a fitbaw question. He doesnae like fit on page 35

2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
seepin through his pure white fitbaw shorts. on page 15

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
gelled perfect n always wae a fitbaw tracky on n a pair ae magic g on page 8
r tuckin ma trackies intae ma fitbaw socks. No cause A liked that on page 16
A kin see waterproof jakits n fitbaw trackies n a mix ae Rangers n on page 24
een n white hoops ae a Celtic fitbaw tap. She's wearin white Adida on page 26
intery woods. Most ae us play fitbaw but we've ran at least two mi on page 47

6 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er if we’d huv went tae the fitbaw the gither like them if he hu
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
the reid path, past the auld fitbaw field whaur naebody plays ony on page 15

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
For thaim that's intae the fitbaw thare's a steid whaur ye can on page 54

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ere. The egg wis the size o a fitbaw. on page 61

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
For thaim that's intae the fitbaw thare's a steid whaur ye can on page 54

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
re you dreamin aboot, Jordan? Fitbaw. Jordan wis dreamin aboot fit
. Jordan wis dreamin aboot fitbaw.
eam, he could hear thoosans o fitbaw fans chantin his name.
It wisnae fitbaw fans chantin his name. It wis
4 matches

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
ut time common "working class fitbaw fans at it again" comments ar (2021) twitter link
ood stories. Nowadays, street fitbaw is rare. Strips are expensive (2021) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
day tae you and yir fam. Hope fitbaw went well, and you hae some i(2015)
athinkin.......maybe wi a wee fitbaw game oan the telly tae! Hee h(2015)

@LairnScots tweeted
. Oor favourite is the zombie fitbaw player! ???????? https://t.co (2020) twitter link

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