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The word 'pincil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pincilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92210
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 2
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
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 5
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)
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 pincil in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Andra grabbit a pincil and screivit ivvery word oant on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ally do Doric." She rattled a pincil atween er teeth. "And surely on page 7
the broad Scots." The wifie's pincil scrat, scrattit oan a bittie on page 8
that done, Sir?" The waiter's pincil on page 45
Ah' ll help ye." He pulled a pincil fae ahin is lug. "Lut's sit d on page 50
st o aa yer gweed pynts." His pincil hovered ower the page es he w on page 51

6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
man. "Ere's plinty leed in my pincil...it jist needs sharpenin." on page 47
n the mairrage certificate in pincil." She gied an illtrickit smir on page 77

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye'd aye bi scrattin awa wi a pincil. An at's anither thing ~ Ah'm on page 50

1 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
oond? Byro? Goat leeed in his pincil?(2016)

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
She sits wi her pincil on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 83 - Born Hamelt, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Wi a pincil! on page 78

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
my first drawin wi a colourt pincil. My Drawin Nummer Ane. It loo on page 9
ckle jotter, an shairpent his pincil. The tales o stravaigers are on page 55

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
yer screen ony taller than a pincil, am I richt? Here we gan then on page 146
ins ye get fae shairpenin yer pincil!' on page 148

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
, an rin them alang, makkin a pincil merk on the asbestos, follaei on page 65

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
push a pincil
juist pick up a pincil
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
wirkmen redraw wi care these pincil guidelines, scrieve again the on page 9

1 matches

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