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The word 'saxpence'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
saxpenceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3117
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 20 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of saxpence in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
THE LUCKY SAXPENCE J am a little canner on page 15

2 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
ram by bike for which | got a saxpence. on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
eird he maun dree, wi no e'en saxpence for a Saubbath douk! Thon's m on page 46
this wul cum ower suin! This saxpence is ma hinmaist. Tak it; A hae on page 48

2 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
'S bonnie 's a siller saxpence! on page 98

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
eildit mappie at the slap. “Saxpence fur the privilege o weygang b
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
. Oot drapped a singil siller saxpence. 'It's ma secret treisure,' h on page 42

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
terruptin him), "A'll gae him saxpence. A dinnae baelieve thur's a b on page 121

1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
An oul wumman fun a saxpence. Shae wantet a pig. Shae sed,
a pig. A can get a pig wi the saxpence’”’ An shae did.
2 matches

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