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The word 'snug'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
snugOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.43018
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
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 snug in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
bluey-purple snug among da stanes. on page 34

1 matches

Aberdeen

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
tae a bien an snug chaumer. on page 138

1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ll winter in, douse and dewy, snug in his neuk. on page 88

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
Snug Bar on page 19

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Wrap oorsels up snug an ticht,
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ht oot – right there in the Snug Bar, wi the fire cracklin in
Abbie simply remained in the Snug as everyone fretted ower Erch
2 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
aradise, whaur ye wad byde aw snug an bien-lyke. A'd sen ye guse on page 48

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
A cough from a distant snug, on page 57

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Through ma fine roof, sae snug an ticht
wha kept ye snug an warm.
thocht A'd passed the winter snug
Ye'll find yer room is snug an ticht.
Till fae ma bed, sae snug an warm,
5 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
, the twa ae them hud found a snug windae seat at the end of wan
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Snug in their cot on that first da on page 88

1 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
coat, oxtered ledger, pencil snug
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Broun an his freens, it wis a snug beild, an a secret bolt-hole on page 28
ht hard eneuch, he cuid hae a snug, bien wee hous ready for his on page 50
nter's nicht, wi her wee Adam snug on a thick sheepskin in his s on page 71

3 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ags he kin bigg back the waas snug agin onie Giants leevin. on page 14

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
d be comin for." She felt the snug, snod stane in her left haund on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
lutch o aicht pale green eggs snug in a bed o warm down. Pickin on page 17

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Those cosy nichts in Linton's snug on page 14

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Red Deer ruttin in the snug. on page 71
Gey cosy, waukrife, snug an bien on page 76

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
snug, safe haven, ports fortified on page 50

1 matches

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