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The word 'rubs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rubsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
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 rubs in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Rubs black hand-marks aff the door on page 23
abs, thermal vests - menthol rubs fur wheezy chests on page 75

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Inga rubs her clippert heid on page 6

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
On the first o May, she rubs dew aff the grass on her face
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
She rubs at yer airm a wee bit and it
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wummin kens ye that weel. She rubs her back. Jees, a boy waants on page 1

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o whit are core SNP policies rubs saut in the wound. The SNP mi on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Big Kenzie says wae a grin n rubs Broonie's wee baldy heed. on page 48

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Mrs Casey rubs her arms and shivers. She's i on page 22

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ee Puffin comes up tae me and rubs himsel against ma leg. Ah've on page 7

1 matches

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