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The word 'punchin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
punchinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.41412
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 punchin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
SS, AUL MAAN!" roart Blondie, punchin a neive inte's shooder. "Ah w on page 19
er een es she waatched Dottie Punchin in the nummer: er hoose wis a on page 72

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
pe ye're jokin," said Ronnie, punchin his pal in the shooder. "Aat' on page 50

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
fa has tae hiv the truth punchin him on page 23

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
Shudna laf at ye punchin yersel in the face n knockin (2011)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
xistence sittin behind a desk punchin in someboady else's cloack. A on page 90

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
Cornish is tae be admired for punchin weel abuin thair ain wecht an
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o yet bein a 'warld-player', 'punchin abune oor wecht', due tae a s on page 119

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
it set tae work shakin him an punchin him in the back. Eventually t on page 97

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s heed. The two ae them start punchin fuck oot ae wan another. Me n on page 19

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ger wans alang the path efter punchin them aboot like empty tracksu
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General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Mair yill, an friens wir punchin, kickin, gougin, buttin. Sair on page 14

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the mornin. Ma heart went fae punchin ma ribcage tae tappin against on page 54

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
an eet sterted shooglin im an punchin um oan th back. At last th Mo on page 97

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