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The word 'priggin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
prigginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22310
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 154.6 11 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of priggin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
roon aa the cottars in turn, priggin wi them tae bide wi offers o
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ot o courtesy and Beannie’s priggin, Lizzie pickit up a scone an
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r Makadoork weeks and a lot o priggin afore I wint back.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Aifter mair priggin he let them see his een and t
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - The Cricket An The Eemock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
Na, mi freen ... eneuch o priggin
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
rang me up at hame ae nicht, priggin wi me tae see his mither an s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
priggin its maister ti cum hae a luik
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e oil o hazel; but neither by priggin nor prayin, by reason nor by
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
fair in oor punishments. This priggin fir a fair sense o proportion on page 116

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
e keppit hiz ei, lik shae wes priggin fur halp. Barbar thocht o ane on page 46

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
™ Squaiker cries oot, aamaist priggin wi them, liltin frae side tae
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n thair lane wi seick bairns, priggin juist for the bairn tae be cu
1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
h resydentèr curn shaidin wi priggin cultùral an heirskip steidit on page 4
bes maittèrs o unco wecht in priggin onie kintrie-pairt, ether as on page 5
h resydentèr curn shaidin wi priggin cultùral an heirskip steidit on page 20
h resydentèr curn shaidin wi priggin cultùral an heirskip steidit on page 35
ng til Ulstèr-Scotch lear an priggin gear, wittins-kists an kists. on page 40
Also on pages 47, 48, 49, 50, 54
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