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The word 'tramp'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
trampOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72911
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 62 10 3
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tramp in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a sturdy boot tae tramp thim doon on page 57

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the new year fur kinsmen wad tramp roon fur days seein aa their
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
widna be safe tae tramp on him.. oh dearie me na, fur
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e ma heid that it wis mebbe a tramp haein a snooze, an Ah gaed a on page 13

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Here boys, hae a luik at the tramp's minky hat. Gie it here, tra on page 73
y dae ye care aboot this auld tramp?" on page 74

4 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said, Ah'd rather dress lik a tramp than live the way that they l on page 53
an tolt Charlene tae go as a tramp. Aye well, said Charlene, he, on page 104

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
me supportin’ on the bigger tramp. Jinty, (originally frae Edin
be dangerous so A mounted the tramp tae balance on the frame tae
the left, A jumped on tae the tramp bed, grabed her, oops right h
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e fermservants, bit yin wis a tramp. The ithers sut as faur awa f
The tramp leukit as gin he had unnerstu
weys the maisterfu gowf o the tramp. Efter a while, the Chinese s
t aamaist inclint tae let the tramp gang. At rest stops, they kep
rtit rampagin whan he saw the tramp. “Foo cud ye be sae stipit?
6 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
pt fur the beaten doon lookin tramp who ah passed at the British
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Get it back, ya fuckin tramp' on page 27

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
were short - tae tramp ten or fowerteen lang miles a on page 35
e expeck a frail auld man tae tramp nine mile tae the kirk an bac on page 40

3 matches

General Central

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Tramp tramp, tramp tramp, on page 72

4 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
For him the feinish o a day's tramp? on page 100

1 matches

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