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The word 'shaved'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shavedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71915
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 5
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)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shaved in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
fore him on his lap. He'd bin shaved, his hair hid bin washed an c
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Egyptians shaved aff thair ee-broos murnin tha on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hin. He wondert if he shoulda shaved. Mibbe no. on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
the roof. Da looked better - shaved, spruced up, stinkin ch Brut on page 7

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m8 - is it no aboot time ee shaved thae sexy legs tho lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
curtains. Tall, wae her hair shaved abin her lugs, she ay wore pu on page 12

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
shed oot black denims an he'd shaved a diagonal line through wan a on page 117
took a nervous break doon an shaved aff aw her hair. She tells me on page 153
Chris Rice has shaved aw his hair aff. He come inta on page 157
his hair cut. He's got it aw shaved right intac the wood except f on page 169

5 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
s she’d tae got her hair aw shaved aff.
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ell. Aw muscles an tattoos an shaved heids. Wan ae thum even hus a on page 9

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
dy. A've git dark broon hair, shaved sides n both ears pierced wae on page 9

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ay three baldy guys, wan wi a shaved heid are absolutely stammin o on page 3

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
jaiket an a bunnet. He never shaved - I mean, why bother?. She m
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
etan kind wi maroon robes and shaved heids. Three of them, staundi
1 matches

General Central

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
t fir it tae grow out, sae ah shaved it all off, jist about.)
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An clane-shaved roaks wi limpits scabbed Aroo on page 26

1 matches

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