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The word 'skint'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skintOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92923
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 5
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skint in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
up front." Noo, we weis baith skint an a theink eit weis aboot ei on page 39
En fin am skint, Al mak a creel on page 59

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
irms, the cut-doon briks, the skint knees. "Brithers, are ye?" on page 32

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
d to the mate. 'Keep yer eyes skint for onythin near that flashin on page 45

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
My ma Is aywis skint ... we're puir on page 56

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ower a bittie breed fan we're skint on page 87

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Same bum in the air if ye're skint or if ye live in a castle. Sa on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cunt's supposed tae be maire skint than almost everyboady ah ken on page 167

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
back, an Lizzie wis even mair skint an noo in debt. Poor Shuggie on page 29
rinned. "I'll get it when I'm skint." on page 44
e had legitimate proof he wis skint this eftirnoon. No sir, no me on page 45

4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
His face wis like a fresh-skint beetruit nou aa richt. "A hiv
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
though, ah think she's probly skint hersel usin the razor. on page 94

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Maist months ah'm skint but ye'll no hear me moan on page 141

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
hud a poun’ fur evry tum a skint a knee Ur fur evry tum a scal
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
skint knees, it's nature that his on page 12
Settin fire ti thi bins we skint knees, on page 52

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Be the muckle deil, he’s as skint as we are!” Bit they didna
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
"Still no skint, than..." on page 98

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He wis a scruffy wee cunt, aw skint knees an snotters but ah took
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
erd o stirks, wi rent breeks, skint knees an thistle skelfs in th on page 73

1 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
und or pittin a plaister on a skint knee. But, it aye wis dinnit
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
Skint ma nose, sur.”
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
come January sales cos we're skint! Ho ho ho! xxx ?????????? htt(2018)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Nikki's skint, but she cin afford Air Pods((2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
I take it that her family are skint and she disnae want tae hiv t (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
there an yer a weel kennt but skint actress - a rookit dame in C(2020)