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The word 'tousie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tousieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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 tousie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
k lairnt saft vice, fae sic a tousie ticket, whiles tholemoody an on page 99

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
heid, wi gowpin een, a pow o tousie hair that looked lik a winbla on page 40

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n a 'burrygave' is a shilpit, tousie-lyeukin bird, wi the fedders on page 85

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
In the tousie wab o systems. As fir siller, on page 20

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
dderie-dudderie affere, lik a tousie tyke at’s
tykes an tousie-heidit bairns wes aye unnerfu
2 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e crood. Whit a tink! She hid tousie hair, a scarf peened tae her
1 matches

Stirling, Alison Watergaw, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
Her hair siller an tousie noo
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
his locks are tousie on page 11

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
undin fornent thaim wisna his tousie-heidit, tee-sark an trainers on page 29

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
rals, nae fuss; she tucks her tousie mop on page 93

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
caller air thit runckled hes tousie, fair heid an fir aw hes hint
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
t her hair wis stickin oot in tousie taigles, her Tsimmit
™s the edge o oor galaxy, the Tousie Wey,’ said Snorl pyntin tae
2 matches

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