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The word 'bucky'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
buckyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7157
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 48.9 9 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bucky in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@NatalieAHood Probably wi a Bucky chaser(2020)

General Northern

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Cos a richt guid shot o' Bucky keeps ye haet
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lly only ever drinks cider or Bucky. on page 131
lapsed efter drinkin too much Bucky. on page 141

2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
oastin. Gie me freezing cauld bucky err that shite anyday ae the on page 172
some fur yersel and grab mah bucky fae the freezer, eh?' on page 174
defend masel wi? A bottle ae bucky an a fuckin tangerine. Ahm no on page 175
Ah take a swig ae mah Bucky. This is amazing man, it's li on page 176

7 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e best part ay two bottles ay Bucky had taken their toll.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hrugs, pullin oot a bottle ay Bucky fae his rucksack. ‘Listen D
1 matches

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Dempster @JankelHirsch Whit's Bucky meant tae mean here?(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
appearance. After 3 shots of Bucky, he laughed. Bloody Christian(2016)