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The word 'huif'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
huifOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1136
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 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 huif in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
"leuk! huif-prents o a gait!" Ye rin ahei on page 3

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
n wi a blooter frae Boxer’s huif, but ithergates nocht in the
nds the’ war a stane in her huif. And the behaviour o the cat
meron and haed pentit on it a huif and a horn in white. This wis
n fields o Britain, while the huif and horn proportit the futur
C, D in the stour wi his big huif, and syne wad staund gawkin a
5 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
in tiles wi each fine polisht huif, on page 59
The clatter o a trimmed big huif on page 125

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ur Boxer had kicked it wi his huif, but ithergates naethin in th on page 6

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
inkin an prinkin o ilk peerie huif.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Syne, he liftit up ae great huif efter anither, on page 22

3 matches

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