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The word 'nicked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nickedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71211
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 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 nicked in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
chased by the bobbies fan he nicked stuff fae the maerkets. Ere w
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
pushes a Safeway brochure - nicked fae his maw - through the le
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t tae. Kept aw the tools they nicked. He just disnae like us, Mum. on page 1

1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
and maybe sum creep wid’ve nicked it by then. But even worse, i
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
fish n make chips wae tatties nicked fae a field lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
es free ae their branches and nicked the hair fae folk’s heids.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Caunle-nicked tae flicker oan the waa on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
"Naw! He's probly nicked oot fur a gruffalo tea." on page 16

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Street fashion outlet, as he nicked in an then back oot in under
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, the ainlie hing ah’d ever nicked wis a Bubbaloo, and ah’d ju
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Clark said the Young Team hud nicked the new alloys aff hur motor. on page 7

1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@Del_ivered @thecoastguy Ye nicked that fae George Galloway Del (2022) twitter link

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