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The word 'wicks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wicksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5168
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 56.5 9 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wicks in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tween of the Wicks, Candle of the Sneuk on page 11

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
wes tae smirk muckle mair the wicks o's mou mith meet ahint," she on page 79

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
l be moaning fer the next twa wicks about the cost so need tae ju(2017)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
wis up in the Braes a puckle wicks ago wi ma faither. I wis broc(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e, his Beatrice, for a puckle wicks, whan she cam tae the hoose i
un. Efter the first twa-three wicks, he desperately needit tae re
It wis three wicks sin it happent, an the strain
The neist puckle wicks wis trauchlin for Rongye. She
Wicks passed an winter closed in ar
9 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
stalks wi care tae mak winter wicks for the cruisie-lamps. There on page 56

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
o a smile appeart aroond the wicks o his een, and he said, "Ye s on page 170

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. Mebbe by the time these wee wicks pit oor denner oot, we'll be on page 49

1 matches

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