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The word 'hefty'
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Use in varieties of Scots hefty Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 2.4 8 8 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
7.3
3
3
WCE - West Central
4.4
1
1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
6.2
1
1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
1.3
1
1
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 hefty 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.
Mid Northern A
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin , (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ye'v aye bin a bittie oan the hefty side, bit es file ye'v jist b on page 12
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry , (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
eavin the lave weel ahint. Aa hefty hillocks the ithers, bit Nava
1 matches
(South) East Central
Waddell, John Halesome Farin , (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Jist watch me tak a hefty crunch!
1 matches
Lamb, Darcie T in the Park , (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
cases, steamin oot their nut. Hefty embarrassment!
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante , (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
een rendered unconscious by a hefty blow to the back o his heid.
1 matches
West Central
Percy, Ely Duck Feet , (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ult, Anen she poured hersel a hefty Smirnoff. on page 169
1 matches
Edinburgh
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences , (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
her tae the grun, pittin his hefty bouk atween her an the firin.
1 matches
General Central
Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786 , (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
im sprawlin ben the shop wi a hefty kick on the dowp. ‘I’m ob
1 matches