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The word 'backit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
backitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 7
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 backit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ven look up as he sut, humpie-backit ower the the computer, typin on page 55

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
r chikks an baith war humphie-backit."
ht awa tae the lan o the blae-backit singin whales.' – bit the s
in tongues. Mrs Ngobo quaetly backit oot, takkin the bairns wi her
3 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
, mind ye. Ee's like a humphy-backit camel: ee can gae fir echt da on page 40

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
he image o Wallace as a braid-backit chiel is a richt ane.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
s bentowre, e'en a bit humphy-backit, but gif he'd stood up at tha on page 75

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
eard o the conditions they aw backit aff. Fer tae win the hunner p on page 86

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
at her. Bit than he suddenly backit doon. “Quhit for no lat tha
wings an a snakin hause. She backit awa on the wat ice, an there
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gate. The toon stauns humphy-backit, keeps its counsel, thraan.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ilin, an had tae courie humfy-backit tae stop brekkin her neck. Sh on page 33

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
-lookin man, a wee bit boolie-backit but he had been tall yince, s on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Grannie sat humphy-backit in her chair by the windae. T on page 38

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
it o unlearning. In Soothron, backit wi hunners o year o state uph on page 36

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O lingel-backit troth, he smuired on page 12

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
trauchten oot a bend. Then he backit Samson tae the pleuch an yoki on page 17

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Gaelic bodies has backit ettles tae win tae legal reco
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ura Street, he “wis a humphy-backit twister.” https://t.co/9Zcip(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
or a humphy-backit wummin on page 25

1 matches

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