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The word 'eyebrows'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eyebrowsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3117
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 eyebrows in Corpus

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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
gonal line through wan ae his eyebrows an he looked mega sexy. on page 117

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
me fae. I’ve got dark hair, eyebrows, eyes. She’s got light.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
houthers, keekin oot alow his eyebrows tae mak shair he didnae trip on page 65
houthers, keckin oot alow his eyebrows tae mak shair he didnae trip on page 69

2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
en chattin hur up. A raise ma eyebrows n turn tae leave. Ma eyes ir on page 39

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Siobhan's eyebrows urr stuck in a permanently ra on page 12

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"What ye hink?" I raise ma eyebrows tae Iona. on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
d dyed jet-black hair and nae eyebrows.
ce, feelin ma cheek bones and eyebrows and the soft flesh of ma mout
2 matches

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