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The word 'thief'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thiefOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.17032
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 6
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 3
LAL - General Central 43.3 33 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of thief in Corpus

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Shetland

Hall, Nat nobody remembers the birdman - Hairst, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Shetland, poetry
hentin da morsels laek a thief afore on page 82

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
aa roosty an moch etten, an a thief mith brakk m an pinch it. Bit on page 14
ivvin att winna fail, far nae thief can win near han it, nor moch on page 103
ords an sticks as tho A wis a thief? Fan I wis wi ye on page 117

5 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
“Incorrigible, a petty thief and a menace to society.”
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
- an that it wad come like a thief in the nicht. An the day an t on page 75

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
'but ah dinnae think he wis a thief. He wis strange richt enough. on page 118

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
weel be a criminal act. ‘A thief namit William Le Waleys’ br
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
s the butcher, Hare’s the thief,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'when suddent as a midnicht thief on page 52

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
He wasna a thief, no really. Joey had telt him on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O boredom fit ti turn Man thief on page 91

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
A thief new-cutted frae the rape-
A thief new-cutted frae the rape-
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
when the thief that robbed him o his gear, t
tailor as he, the thief, is yaised tae better gear no
2 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Thief’! Esther Young’s taen my
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he wis selfish an a liar an a thief) cause she made me laugh an s on page 82

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
bages frae yer gairden an the thief in the nicht on page 121

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
a man's a liar an’ a petty thief Thur's justice whin 'e comes
care Tinker, Sailor, Sodjer, Thief Ye’d fun thum a’ doon the
2 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
k and fur. Now Hazel wisnae a thief or anyhin, but she wis certai
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
haltit the horse an the ither thief climbit up aside him, pyntin on page 106

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s this?” he growled. “A thief?”
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'No, he's not a thief, surely not,' Dolly laughs. ' on page 20

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
had him yirdit like a common thief ablow the gallows on the know on page 61

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
aein a soom in the sea whan a thief cam an tuk his claes at wes l on page 42

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - Oan the Daith o John Law, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
s that daith is siccan eident thief
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
happened is that there wis a thief. Noo, maist folk dinna pauchl on page 26
ken whit it is onywey. Sae, a thief... and a thief at the schuil on page 29
hat' whit happened. There's a thief in the schuil. Wha dae ye thi on page 32
'There has tae be a thief in the schuil' said Sepo as t on page 44
She didna like the thocht o a thief bein at the schuil thieves sp on page 47
Also on pages 48, 50, 51, 53, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 65, 73
25 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Or aiblins sleekit thief? on page 24

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O boredom fit ti turn Man thief on page 91

1 matches

Sangster, Maureen Lallans 104 - The Wild Burrds Shaw, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Get oot o here! Dinna be a thief on page 75

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O boredom fit tae turn Man thief on page 53

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
is true that death's a random thief on page 13

1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Never thief
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
@Ambedka39148229 "That thief can get food, the car thief c (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
It's time the thief wha'es stole those years on page 6
Tae see whae was the thief on page 25
ongshanks Or perhaps a common thief on page 28

3 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
nick there wallet again mind #thief(2012)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
A thief, housimiver, an hid on page 82

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an ye knowed tha day an oor a thief wus cumin, ye'd be lukin oot on page 92

1 matches

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