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The word 'dock'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dockOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103216
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 2
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 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dock in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
intae Meginwick's muckle dock, on page 7
more. The yole sails oot the dock wi ferfil quiet. on page 118

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
peerie caravan doon at Hay's dock, whaar he wrocht, bit he took on page 20
k noo, dat terrified boy i da dock", an in da end I felt I hedd on page 58

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
die, booin ower an wagglin er dock in the air. on page 73

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
te pummel the chiks o Joyce's dock. on page 13

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Lowpity Rubbit hid a dock like a pooder puff, a neb lik
caad him Waggitie, fur his dock waggelt back an fore like a p
epin treelips o dubs frae her dock, tae chap on Mistress Hennieâ
3 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
rvest. Nae mair wipin yir ain dock wi lavvy roll. #doric #Aberde(2020)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Historic_Ally Yer dowp is yer dock :) (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
time mi mither had skelped mi dock for bein impident, an mair no
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Stanin in i'dock at i'High Court, tryin hard n on page 178

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
l a' haaaal thon bear oot yer dock!'(2015)
d 'e boys roon tae scratch ma dock wid 'ye?(2015)

@cligeey tweeted
atelallyx A heel for me nae a Dock slice gads(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
cuid quarter ony man catched (dock quarter an oor aff their pey)
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ian_Pacey whit aboot dixon oh dock green - maist laid back poli (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
sually on a Friday. Ane o the dock lads that fair loued Nan's pe on page 57
ire on ane o the ships in the dock, a ship haudin bales o cotton on page 58
it headit taewards the nearby dock. Some fowk, sae feart at this on page 94

4 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
u, awa. In a Glisk. I saw yer dock a hunner yairds up the brae w on page 141

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
rs Tod wis doucely lickin the dock o Mr Tod's tail tae stench th on page 15
Tod couldna sleep because the dock o his tail wis that sair. 'We on page 16

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an when the boatie left the dock on page 32

1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Hickory Dickory Dock on page 9

3 matches

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