A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'brushed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brushedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92316
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 5
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brushed in Corpus

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Shetland

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
He brushed an brushed an brushed at his teeth but it med nae o on page 17

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Aifter aw aat, Aik jist brushed eit aside an furgave eis, bit on page 31

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ack fin the quine's saft skin brushed against is han es she handit on page 40

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
brushed close by him. Fin Jonsar look
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Clair slid aff the brig an brushed the grit fae the stane aff he on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
'Aye, maybe. She brushed Charlie's ear like he wis rea on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he desperados who huv eagerly brushed up oan their general knowledg on page 67

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
On ma wye oot," he said as he brushed past. "Lazy bugger," she mutt on page 44

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ose. Her bare feet and ankles brushed against the soft leaves ae la
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A noticed it whin A brushed whit's left e' ma teeth. A co
1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ts an gave thim a wee spit an brushed an brushed an even breathed o on page 76

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
As Iqbal brushed by her on his wey oot o the w
1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
for the very first time. She brushed her daurk hair back and a wid on page 37

1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
We brushed off the pryers when asked abo
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
circlin roun, brushed pelts leman on page 135

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ns." Daniel didnae speak. She brushed bak a lang wisp o fair hair f on page 3
olibox ower hir toothbrush an brushed ilka tooth individual, as adv on page 18
hir cut knees. Hans that had brushed hir lang, broun hair tverie m on page 29

4 matches

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