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The word 'chiks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chiksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.3173
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
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 chiks in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oan ye?" shoutit Faither, is chiks maave wi rage. "Did he mak ye on page 65
Dottie's chiks grew fire reed es er companio on page 70
Win-blawn sleet nippit it is chiks an the caal winter win rattil on page 74
t o the twa quines. He fun is chiks waarmin es he thocht aboot th on page 75
na see ma." Tears run doon is chiks. "Ah'm raelly deed. An at cor on page 77
Also on pages 80, 83
7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mit an stairtit te pummel the chiks o Joyce's dock. on page 13
tull the watter run doon yer chiks an yer sides war sair; foo te on page 20
aain wir hair an reedenin wir chiks te rosy aipples. on page 21
eed fir aat!" Ronnie felt his chiks flush as reed as his hair. "J on page 54
e sighed as he focused on the chiks o Chantelle's bum, jigglin aw on page 59
Also on pages 68, 85
7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
affa fetchin creepin ower er chiks. And I think the Doric sounds on page 41

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
watter wiz streamin doon his chiks he wid’ve tellt them it wiz
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
s wipin the het tears fae his chiks fan ah saa somethin in the co
1 matches

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