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The word 'waggin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wagginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82516
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 16 12 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of waggin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n's, gruntin an groanin, tail waggin in the air. on page 64

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
enner guests afore lookin up, waggin his tail an lickin it baith t on page 33

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
i the Temple. He steed there waggin his hans at them, nae fit tae on page 79

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iss aathin aboot im: the tail-waggin welcome it the door; the sich on page 18

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
m, giein a bittie o a bowf an waggin his muckle tail.
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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
an upturnit collar, the ither waggin till him tae stap. Nae eyven on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
at faither sat on as a bairn, waggin his haun wi the lave o the cl on page 51

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
oot. En the dog wid stan ere waggin it's tail as Jonsar stuffed t
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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sicht o the lirk o yeir erss waggin in hiz
1 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
waggin at me aw alane in her shine;
1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Waffin an waggin in the switherin winds. on page 10

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General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wonka, jinkin up and doon and waggin his stick in the air, 'you Au on page 83

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
me, ma wee mannie,' she said, waggin a baney fingir at him. 'Cam c on page 9
es. 'Goavie Dick! he skirled, waggin his airms. "Whit's this? Whit on page 61
ilk a day" skirled Mr Kranky, waggin his airms. 'Yin giant chookie on page 74
kie. Mr Kranky ran efter him, waggin his airms and jiggin wi excit on page 85
, lowpin aroond the yaird and waggin his airms. on page 99

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the hook-haundit mannie said, waggin his hook the wey maist fowk w on page 126

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
sic joy. Their tails were aye waggin, and their een were as big as on page 48

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Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Waggin his powe i the poupit, on page 80

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Waggin lines o waashin streek ower t on page 117

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
o the bed and kythed hersel, waggin and wan, lettin oot skreichs
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
en in the shops. Its tail wis waggin an Kat thocht she saw a wee d
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South West (Galloway)

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
or Hir Majestie's inspection, waggin on page 135

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General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Waggin their tails ahint them on page 7

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