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The word 'flickin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flickinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 45.2 9 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 flickin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e McGregor sut oan the settee flickin throwe a pile o glossy holida on page 38

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ot tae pass oot. Cerberus wis flickin his tail at the same time tae on page 56

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Been routinely flickin through the car radio. And ev
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her weirdo goth tunes, whilst flickin through a copy a Bizarn magaz on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
e pinches ma nipples roughly, flickin em an all. Ah dinnae ken what
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s we walk aff the other side, flickin it tae the grun as we step oa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
shoulder Stevie McShane mimes flickin a pill intae the air an catch
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in sweat fae McDade’s brow, flickin the perspiration aff his haun
he metal waw bevels ootwards, flickin pish taewards me just as the
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
me have a look.’ she sais, flickin through paperwork an runnin d
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e tae come tae her, playfully flickin her hair oer her shoulder an
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
-back knife oot his back bin, flickin it open.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
She’s gon oot,’ he says, flickin’ his heid to the side like
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e them fur a while, passively flickin through the Daily Record they
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General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ur futret quine," Klaus said, flickin through the muckle book he'd on page 87
ae eighteen yet," Klaus said, flickin tae anither pairt o the book, on page 100

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Flickin an flarin, on page 56

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Ah daunert alang the laundin, flickin up spyhole kivvers, takkin th on page 17

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