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The word 'pus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pusOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41810
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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 pus in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the pus-crusted, heedless, on page 36

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ruce: Fit's up wi you, Pallid Pus? Ye dinnae look yer yaizual s on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
e the war a smile on his soor pus for a chynge. "She's fae Penc
e juist sat thare wi his soor pus an never says a word.
rd ye. An ye want ti seen the pus on him. It's mibbie juist ma
3 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
-announced, leavin a trail ay pus oan ma face. If ye don't noti on page 2

3 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
haudin a gleg ee fixed on his pus. on page 137

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
d, craters etterin pooshinous pus, on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
glaur on his pus on page 15
pus chapped oot o a block o stane on page 39
an tak yon grin richt aff yir pus there on page 78

3 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
e monged, Ah nearly chewed ma pus aff while Ah wis eatin it. ??(2020)
wan's slapped her hard in the pus. #Corrie(2020)
e scriever shud be rid in the pus!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"Ach shut yer stupit pus Scobie! Whit's it tae you? Ye
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
n Aye, sic a (grand) post aye pus in the yerkers an bogles Bill(2020)

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