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The word 'duff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
duffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.2239
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 duff in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ood processor to mak a clooty duff - on page 44
You'd aalways get duff fur your denner on page 54

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Address Tae a Clootie Duff on page 116

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
eet chocolate chips in a plum duff. This is yet anither very fin
1 matches

Mid Northern A

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
ti catch i loon. At wis Lord Duff o Braco, the loon that bade d
o, the loon that bade doon at Duff Hoose in Banff.
So Lord Duff o Braco hid a wee clan o his
wis i day he caught oot. Lord Duff o Braco's wee gang caught um.
ent ower fae Macduff bit Lord Duff o Braco got the time changed
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
racks. Ye sud be full o plum duff, mince pies, an birssled bubb
19. The Tale o Dauvit Duff
e schule sports day an Dauvit Duff didna wint tae gyang. He hid
An aabody leuch. Puir Dauvit Duff! Miss Broon tuik them ower ta
4 matches

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
A Clootie Duff on page 20
Naethin can marta a clootie duff for that there is nae doot on page 21

6 matches

General Central

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
st raicent is the 2008 case o Duff v. Strang (www.scotcourts.gov on page 25

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Fergusson an Duff did that, on page 56

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
on tha oul turkey ir tha plum duff, an aff coorse, mak sure ye h
1 matches

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