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The word 'dookin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dookinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22317
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 dookin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the howkin o the neep an the dookin fur aipples tae come, because
aipples blinfauld. Efter the dookin wis daen, Minnie's lang ringl
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ed wi a plap. Then he sterted dookin like a wee dyeuk. The dragon
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis dookin doon in the burn bi the dyke
1 matches

General Northern

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Efter the war memorial at Cowdry Hall, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e in tae get drookit, an ging dookin fur memories. pale, slippery on page 61

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
he eyns o her fankl't lockers dookin intil the watter, file wi bri on page 73

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@johnnydee72 ah'll be dookin' ma lugs in yer awfa awfa gui(2016)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ll. Dozy prick nearly drooned dookin fur apples yin year. He's bee on page 75

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
are dookin jade.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Fareweel auld an’ faithful dookin’ place,
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
The watter-craw wis dookin in wee pools o the burn, look on page 2

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
le wi his ain magic mixter by dookin a wee joog intae the pot and on page 36

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
an hiddit bi the bankin, lay Dookin Stuil Loch. A braid, deep sta
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae mak a lantren, aipples for dookin, an a puckle o nuts. We bairn
We did oor dookin kneelin on a chair, hingin ow
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
aths, lowpin ower boulders an dookin unner tree brainches. At firs
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
se. Mak it auld fashioned wae dookin fir aipples, treacle scones o(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
Will ye be dookin fir aipples the night? Dinnae (2020) twitter link
Wha will be dookin fir aipples the night? #Scots (2019) twitter link
'Dookin fir aipples' - braw example (2017) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
se. Mak it auld fashioned wae dookin fir aipples, treacle scones o(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
glish coast, ee'll finnd some dookin-huts in th sea, some bairns d on page 20

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an weans gey brichter dookin in an oot on page 77

1 matches

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