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The word 'greasy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
greasyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92315
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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)
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 greasy 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.

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ootside the greasy spoon, on page 5

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
oan the greasy spoon grundhog day café on page 12

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nery, "if it wisna fir aa the greasy-heidit Romeos - they're like on page 11

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Christ, Ah'm near awa t'a greasy spot, thocht Ronnie, is palms on page 42

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
1968 @DoricPhrases All hail i greasy bug.(2019)

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
The slope we climb, we ken is greasy, on page 29

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
greasy haun marks across the fridge on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
smirk oan his face an broon, greasy hair, steppit forrit and glow on page 74

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
lthough twa sausages, nae ton greasy breed & nae so muckle mushroo(2017)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
So that's the frame. Yin big greasy bluebottle. Another yin in th on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ape flappin insteid o an auld greasy coat wi the linin in shreds. on page 77

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
picy but nice, an they wurnae greasy or anythin lik the stuff ah g on page 30
a wee pug nose an pure dodgy greasy hair that'd been dyed stupit; on page 68
w an this tall, skinny boy wi greasy black hair cawed Jason that w on page 80
althier than eatin big bits a greasy ham, said Laura Kyle. Aye but on page 88

4 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ergrown beard and long unkept greasy hair also reminded me that th
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
us, this bloody arsehole, his greasy foreheid smearin the windae.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
i trackie. She’s goat brown greasy hair scraped back intae a pon
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lkin taewards me, aw gaunt an greasy lookin. Bloody druggie! Ah ki
1 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Fans o greasy pastry, an thaim no worriet b
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
nie, Wee Willile, Union Jack, Greasy Pole Banchory Boy and the Lin(2020)
ndays, heezin hisself up thon greasy flag pole howpin tae be i the(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Wi' greasy rag and bib and brace on page 40

1 matches

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