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The word 'napper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
napperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13618
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 185.5 4 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 23.9 18 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
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 napper in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
id ye look at the size o that napper!”
ick w’t cockit on tap o ees napper. His big broo wiz tae the Jer
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
aristocaat aboot tae loss his napper. A roart at him tae get oot o on page 27

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
easy and it ends up daein yir napper in. That's whit a trauchle is on page 6
Then an idea popped intae his napper. on page 13
rrent. Hercules scratched his napper. Mibbe he had an idea. on page 23
Charon's bunnet blew aff his napper and the ghaists and bogles on on page 53

4 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
kitchen wi it perched on his napper. Doris wis in having a cuppa,
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
image ae William Wallace’s napper oan London Bridge. History’
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
it's,' Fred said. 'It's cried Napper.' on page 36

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
AW RIGHT CRAPPER NAPPER, on page 101

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the whisky fumes bilin in his napper Jamie clockit richt awa that on page 31

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
skelpin the hat right aff her napper wi the back ae ma hawn. on page 22

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Big G scratched iz napper, an rubbed at iz jaw. on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
ugh? I've never laid ma Royal Napper on a less comfy bed, I'm blac on page 14

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
be wabbit an' puggled an' yer napper will be nippin' if ye knock a on page

12 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'If he's aye prunin somebdy's napper"' on page 12

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ae bung the heidphones on yer napper and then try and shoogle thai on page 33

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wid see ye aff yir napper,
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
e tae dae until ah cun git ma napper in gear tae mak’ some sense
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
think she's well used tae my napper withoot hair by noo A... And (2023) twitter link

@MartinBroon tweeted
ers_CET A goat smacked on the napper ?? wae wan of they carrying h(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
hine right oan the side a the napper. Aye. It wis a miracle awrigh
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
e, loch, ben, thrawn, mawkit, napper, fit, haun, schuil, wean, bai(2020)
I do believe this will dae ma napper in but we'll defo give it a b(2020)

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