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The word 'greedy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
greedyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123920
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 66.5 15 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of greedy in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
tland, but Prince Charhle wis greedy for e English throne and at w on page 24

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
k, "Tak heed, watch oot for e greedy, there's mair tae life nor ge on page 102
e att A'm nae lik ither fowk, greedy, swicks, aye hoorin aboot, or on page 110

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he twa deevil-lassies see the greedy auld wife heich at the tap o
ke a peerie an cowps the auld greedy wummin an her gourd ooto its
ricay. Gin fowk hidna bin sae greedy, oor climate micht be mair sa
een, jist the thing tae pit a greedy actress wi a love o jewels in
4 matches

General Northern

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an ay thi greedy sook o space draws on page 82

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
nicknamed Greedy, fa jist went wild. He said."
ed the order o ten bags intae Greedy's shed. Greedy point blank
's shed. Greedy point blank
r poun. Weel, Jonsar Eck gaed Greedy back his
believe his een. Ere wis Greedy biddin for five bags o sticks
11 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Grip, he is sae greedy he drinks his tay withoot mil
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
oon. Decent points aboot some greedy establishments and oor ‘misg (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
HereÂ’s tae a yon greedy self indulgent idiots oot the(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Fox lookit up wi' a greedy ee on page 14

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
er mine yer belly, Scobie, ye greedy wee bugger!" Says Cherlie, "T on page 26

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
'Na, naethin adae wi buns, ye greedy wee bugger! 'Cream cookie' is on page 58

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
at an thocht provokin, wi the greedy Laird gettin whit wis comin t
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
or nou an agin were jist ower greedy an kept lookin fer mair whale on page 36

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nother bit ae steak intae his greedy puss. The wee bugger kens exa
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in McDade’s face drap at ma greedy enthusiasm fur his wine gies
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€˜ . . . an don’t be fuckin greedy.’
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
g on the whim an mercy o some greedy laird, Adam wis nou a man o p on page 48

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
chtit but his hairt wes still greedy for gowd. He lat the miller's on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
a muckle dough-baw wi twa wee greedy een squintin oot at the warld on page 26
We ken this greedy ten ton boay on page 90

2 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Wha disna serve Man's greedy Will on page 54

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
y for yes and be ruthless and greedy for money in an indy Scotland(2020)
eandtea A wid share ?? I'm no greedy ?? https://t.co/SYoWiZl9L8(2020)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
heers pal. ItÂ’s me thatÂ’s a greedy bugger when it comes tae past(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the nitter that is your greedy, impudent, withering dame on page 36

1 matches

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