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The word 'battered'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
batteredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83626
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 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23.2 9 5
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of battered in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
indit da day dey cam in wi da battered blue shoe box. on page 76

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Eric's claes an sheen inte a battered blue casie an haived it oot i on page 21

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
till his door, e win blew an battered e hoosie, bit it didna fa doo on page 15

2 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A'm sure at hame yer a battered man - on page 13

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae cut doon swatches o corn battered doon tae the grun bi the rain
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
e, wie its cracked screen and battered corners, that minds ma on ma
ose, trying to nae to hud his battered body too ticht as I prop him
2 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
uebird chippie and leave we 5 battered sausage suppers. Yiv jist got(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
@LeftPeggers Steak n chips battered in gin rings battered egg n t(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
- he did.' She squeezed her battered wee motor intae the yin ticht on page 1

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
d you could walk awey wae yur battered heid held high. on page 68

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
His eyes fell on a battered purse, which he prised open. on page 40

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
d fish, pie, mealie puddin or battered sausage wi it, follaed bi a d
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
re, but tae hae that instinct battered oot ye bi yer teacher, bi yer
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
rin in shines a torch oan his battered and bruised puss. Ah gee him
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e same night Chris nearly go, battered aff a guy in the street fur s on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
They battered the fuck out o us aa day, on page 75

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
middle ae his wee brur's pals battered fuck oot ae. We aw swagger ac on page 21

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
uation isnae ma fault. I goat battered in schuil, hings wir differen on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Battered the common weal wi giltit can on page 45

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
toon. Jonny hid in his haun a battered issue ae the day’s paper.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
poetic even. Better than heid battered intae a pun ay mince by two i
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
it, but, Snawbaw and Napoleon battered the door open wi their shoode on page 6

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
overt thit sumwan hud stuck a battered haggis intae yer munchie box on page

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"But he battered ma brither!" Violet said. "Ge on page 66

1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
but for the next half hour we battered them. Cameron and Lennon were
, twinkly-toed, heid down. We battered them. Could've scored. Should
2 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
it tae ye' is akin tae being battered ower the heid wae a tea biscu(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
im really lose his temper. He battered George first for askin’ why
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Ablow tha battered oul heidstanes on page 28
Tha drums they battered rowdy on page 33

2 matches

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