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The word 'swagger'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swaggerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5159
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 35.2 7 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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 swagger in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I swagger boldly tae the bar, me twa po on page 39

1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
un oan the spot, an sweit tae swagger.
1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
st jist have hid a biker-like swagger aboot ye. The peer lad’s obv(2020)

(South) East Central

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
tted in the changin room wi a swagger aboot him, wi his heed up hig
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yir swagger, yir laughter, on page 4
We a swagger an a attitude on page 7
an yir swagger is jist an act. on page 46

3 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
lk. A stoat up tae him but ma swagger makes the eld cunt a wee bitt on page 12
k back up wae a wee bit extra swagger. Bverycunt's s lookin at us. on page 15
s battered fuck oot ae. We aw swagger across the road, faces stingi on page 21
n see the determination in ma swagger n know wit's comin. A pass a on page 45

4 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Edinburgh boays come oot, aw swagger, tweed jaickets, elbow patche on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d Manc kinda dance; mare ay a swagger, really.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae a mare recognisable wide-o swagger.
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
t neath a shield of jokes and swagger, shoving their neighbour aff on page 3

1 matches

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