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The word 'sneaky'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sneakyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sneaky in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nie hummed alang as he teen a sneaky swally fae a new bottle o cha on page 59

1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ky an Ah ken he's bin haein a sneaky fag. Mebbe the special chuddi on page 93

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ee this gout! But Jess oot so sneaky wee bottle oot, fitba on, sli(2016)
cky fry up, followed by a wee sneaky dram on the whye hame https:/(2017)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the worst though: she dis wee sneaky silent wans that always smell on page 90

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Sneaky auld cunt,' Parker laughs. Fi on page 23

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
been staunin there fur, eh ya sneaky wee cunt? Ah’d huv caved ye
1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
A big bowsie bleester frae a sneaky fritter. In a lane bus shelte on page 1

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@TheLoneWolf1969 ya sneaky bastard ?? stop making new pr(2020)

General Ulster

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
o visit again! May have a wee sneaky online hoke first ??(2020)