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The word 'quoys'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
quoysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.4243
ORK - Orkney 238.5 24 3
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 quoys in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o Maggie o Quoys, on page 11

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Maggie o Quoys - on page 12

7 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Maggie o Quoys is that really you? on page 20
Are you scared, Maggie o Quoys? on page 21
Bessie: Oh, Maggie o Quoys, am I hearan right? on page 23

4 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Wan o the first wis Maggie o Quoys bi Sheila Garson. on page 34

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Maggie o Quoys on page 75

8 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Maggie o Quoys: The day wis warm fae early m on page 76
Bessie: Oh, Maggie o Quoys, am I hearan right? on page 77

2 matches

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