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The word 'flichterin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flichterinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.41411
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of flichterin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
favourite wee birdies ye see flichterin aboot roon ma ain airt onywye on page 37

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
cht fin the paraffin lamp wis flichterin low an the shaddas war heich
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fit makkit the thunner an the flichterin o their een vrocht lichtnin.
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General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
n yalla. Restless birdies war flichterin up frae the trees in black bo on page 51

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(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ts English coonterpairt afore flichterin awa like a beautifu daurk mot
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
s doon, syne drawin braith an flichterin thair tongues oot an in, slai on page 22

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
afore hissel the peerie wings flichterin at his ankles; and his left h on page 55

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
inconsequential flufferin an flichterin o linguistic variation - whi on page 9

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ouder in the hauf licht o the flichterin ile-lamp, for a better luik a on page 17

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
fleein dragon, ay, flichterin an flaffin on page 19

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Shepherd'; Douglas Young gaes flichterin frae the maist aureate o back on page 109

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an ferms be the ayeweys flichterin sea.
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McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
An thair heids fou o flichterin dreams o fruit-draps;
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South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the burnside rowans, whar the flichterin swallows skim. on page 18

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