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The word 'fuskers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fuskersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.5215
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 55.6 17 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fuskers in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
An his fearie fuskers are teuch as weers." on page 4
An he didnae hae fuskers, nane ava. on page 9
He didna hae fuskers lang an shakkie. on page 13
Fuskers at last! An an unnergrun hoos on page 15
His tail. an his fuskers are byordnar lang. on page 24

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ou an dichtit his baccy-broon fuskers, an said that doon aroon Angu
Benjy, Matty's dug, puin his fuskers till he gurred.
ittlin ae meenit an puuin its fuskers the neist. Meg Ramsay sighed.
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
kit oot on a slab, sunnin his fuskers.
futterats’ fuskers. He poured in pickled pairtri
fuskers twitchin, his twa wee beady e
lang fite fuskers an a reid jaiket, an blaik sh
” quo the chiel wi the fite fuskers. “Sugar moosies! Ma favouri
8 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
contributor of the Doric word Fuskers fit means whiskers.(2015)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
a young strippit caat wi fite fuskers an paas nae shaw himsel at e on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
l oot in e sun an dichted his fuskers feniver he thocht o e wee cro on page 83

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
caal richt tae the eyns o my fuskers!"' on page 19

2 matches

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