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The word 'sheepskins'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sheepskinsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.862
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
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 sheepskins in Corpus

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
uer dresst only in a couple o sheepskins wi twa or three mair tae be h on page 86
ant. 'Ach,' he said, 'if A've sheepskins tae keep me warm an enough gr on page 87

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
?' Wee Janet steirt ablow her sheepskins at the soun o vyces, but juis on page 29
esh an happit up in clouts an sheepskins. on page 42
ist sclim up tae lie on their sheepskins an blether, weel oot o the we on page 73

3 matches

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