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The word 'nipped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nippedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82216
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 nipped in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The stretches pulled and nipped on page 107

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d. "Wake up, Moosie!" An they nipped id on both sides at e same ti on page 69

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Jist nipped oot fae i weddin and found a (2019)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
nny said een day aifter I’d nipped oot tae tak the wheelie bin i
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ls he hid forgot, bit he jist nipped up the road for em, he wis st
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
an aul phone loaded the toast nipped oot to put screenwash in car (2020)
n Wis it Johnny Raminski that nipped across there somehow(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
7! Nae doobt will get ma lugs nipped fan I finally stagger in bit (2018)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@alfordbrad Hope ye nipped in for coo fae e' Forest Fair(2020)
@polscotdogs I hope she nipped their erses. Well done ????(2020)
@polscotdogs Hope he nipped their erses!(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oan alang the road. Scratchy nipped doon the dummy, makin it look on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ey should tell the world ah'd nipped roond tae ma sister-in-law's on page 56

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
mammy no feed ye then?” Ah nipped soon as we’re ootside. Miss
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
should tell the world ah’d nipped roond tae ma sister in laws t
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e bed warmed up hunni - so a nipped thru sharpish lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id, Whit. She said, Who've yi nipped. Ah said, Naebdy. She said, S on page 73

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
oot tae stairt again, it fair nipped her heid tae see the hedgehog on page 81

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
his room or the cupboard then nipped back in tae get her. Da didna on page 38

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
l look mare like hame. Ma dad nipped tae the wee shop across the r
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Wake up, Dormoose!" An they nipped eet oan baith sides at yince. on page 71
din fur a doze; but, oan bein nipped b' th Hatter, eet woke up agi on page 74

2 matches

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