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The word 'shadowy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shadowyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.275
ORK - Orkney
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
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 shadowy in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
in its shadowy terrain. on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
the centre ae the knowe, its shadowy hauns clasped thegither. It n
es tinglin, she remembert the shadowy figures fae her dream, clear
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
slow tae pit a name tae this shadowy organisation - the Black Ban on page 104

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
' dust. It's jist herbs o the shadowy bank, ye see, a touch o the s on page ix

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n the hallway tae the door. A shadowy blur moves aboot behind the f
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. The door partially opens, a shadowy eye peerin roon the gap the s
1 matches

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