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The word 'reaper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
reaperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of reaper in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e dee' an 'wytin fir the grim reaper te appear'. on page 86
n gaithert wi sickle, scythe, reaper, binder an the big yalla comb on page 93

3 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
ext tae come ofcoorse wis the reaper Pulled wi a pair of horse on page 29

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aither caa'd the War the Grim Reaper's Lang Hairst, cos it went on on page 19

2 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
itten doun afore the the bold reaper comes chappin at my door.
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Grim Reaper
A seen the Grim Reaper is a wis comin’ doon aff a
2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
lness. He wis the fuckin grim reaper himsel when he muttered ‘Bo
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
But like the reaper wha'e tries tae steal on page 16

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tae tha Reaper cum. on page 15
Afore tha Reaper cum. on page 19

2 matches

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