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The word 'pinched'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pinchedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91915
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pinched in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid pinched the duvet cover and me bonny on page 59

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nk even mair, till finally he pinched da car. on page 57

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
intill a doze; boot, on bean pinched by e Hatter, id woke up again on page 72

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"She pinched ma laad," sput Muggie, giein on page 59

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d takkin aff his glaisses, he pinched the brig o his nose purely fo
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa's pinched the red armchair fae #landwar(2014)
Fa pinched the day licht - it’s anely (2018)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
rubber ba', an fan a big loon pinched it we didna get anither een.) on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@watterloony Wiz pinched doon sooth. https://t.co/XOCo(2020)
Skurry skittert in his ee an pinched his chips.(2019)
@watterloony Far wiz it pinched fae?(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
yin ae his runner's hud been pinched wae two oonce ae Ching." on page 97

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ed up. But some wee nyaff had pinched it. If she'd kept her mooth s on page 46

1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ine. A thocht it wis yersel A pinched it fae. Cannae mind. A'v seen(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Tashi shrugged. “it wis pinched,” he sayed. He waved his ha
ndit by granbairns.” An she pinched Beatrice’s cheek wi her giz
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the screen sometimes, a buddy pinched an davered an in jeopardy o f
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
krank shilpit wumman wi ticht pinched claes, on page 65

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ollen jockey kep on hir heid, pinched hir pale cheeks, fixed hir br on page 19

1 matches

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