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The word 'daffin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daffinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 6
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 daffin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Comin daffin ben the burnside
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
his ain flicht-car an wad gae daffin in the Stranlowper Developmen
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Post-Its, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
cockin, daffin, crawin crouse.
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Doris had an unco wey o daffin an Miss Marjoribanks gied a w
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Fae dour auld men tae lovers daffin,
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
wi daffin satyrs. Or wummen, brankin, w on page 112

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ace near the front and begoud daffin her white mane, howpin tae ga
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rrit atween thaim, lauchin an daffin, sclimmin on his knee an then on page 42
Randy thochts o daffin wi his Bess, an a guid ram-st on page 50
en - only a gentle banter an daffin that she cuid thole, that wad on page 67

3 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
erceese. I dinna hae time for daffin. The third time...weel, this on page 47

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
you wi the reid gansey, stap daffin aroond or A'll gie ye a daud on page 22

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
Annie warnae aboot, sae whan daffin aroond in the gairden an oot on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
doon the years sin syne, thae daffin days on page 39

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
in his faither. Geordie loved daffin wi aerosols, He pressed the b on page 20

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Ye're daffin jist! - Awa tae Hecklebrae, on page 45

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Said daffin, "Haud awa, my lads! on page 50

1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Daffin in a Dear Green Place, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
ae-nae-better fur bein on the daffin noos an thans.
1 matches

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