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The word 'maistlike'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
maistlikeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.482
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 maistlike in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
ane life. 'A Raik', she said, maistlike fae the 'ither side'. A speir on page 80

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
at awbody grees wi me it wuid maistlike gar me boak oniewey ~ bit ae on page 20
the popularity o the Corries maistlike had a lot tae dae wi the fami on page 70

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae come ridin tae his aid an maistlike capture or kill them aw. Gin on page 17
at the notion o sic an honour maistlike had arisen fae aulder traditi on page 20
an were named fer saints, wha maistlike were jist Christian versions on page 30
armin the grund o Pittempton. Maistlike he'd a been mair like a croft on page 77
he fickle finger of fate wuid maistlike pynt at Erchie, tellt Betty w on page 102

5 matches

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