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The word 'swippert'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swippertOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22411
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
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 swippert in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
: derk-haired, sax-fit heich, swippert an wi gweed harns on him. Mon
ons. Tell him onythin, bit be swippert aboot it. Yer faither's faili
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis swippert collies, hair as sheeny as gl
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
for gaen doun a stair eith an swippert-like, as Ailice said tae hers on page 23
n't roun a kink a bittie mair swippert-like nor the eeswal, she ran on page 24
me! Ye're a man's bairn!" An swippert cam a lyeuk o fricht intae th on page 46
rp. But we beed tae get yokit swippert-lke, it's gettin as mirk as i on page 62
A swippert answer seen they sent. on page 86
Also on pages 94, 99
7 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a sait an it cum ower iz awfy swippert-lik. Ma heid
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ie fair skelpin alang. Whatna swippert naig he's on! (Slee) Ahint th on page 48

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
mither’s, an shae juist as swippert pit hir unnerstaunnin o
awaw, ti gie John a shair an swippert jurnay
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
lint o the waddin ring on his swippert hauns.
chaumer abuin, castin oorie, swippert shaidaes throu the cloods o r
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Nigel, aye swippert, lowped up and seized the muc on page 218

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Swippert A got masel intae the toon
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
swippert, eident, shair on page 16
jinks owre the highway, swippert, smairt, on page 44

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
As swippert as a bubbly-jock coud flee. on page 45

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
The nurse gied him a swippert look. She'd niver yet
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
rth, it soud be remeidit rael swippert-like, or alloued for sum hou.
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
Mair swippert nor aigles his spankers did r
1 matches

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