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The word 'spunk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spunkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62212
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 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 spunk 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
erfume," said Tina, crackin a spunk an lichtin a cunnle, "bit Ah on page 56
ic." Muggie grinned, "Crack a spunk an open a winda te lut oot at on page 59
e the saitisfeein crack o the spunk; an syne, at great glorious y on page 88

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cunnle," she said, crackin a spunk te the twa tea-lichts oan the on page 21

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e the pairish tae pye fur the spunk scaled ooto wedlock. This hai
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ie near at haun tae skail his spunk in; an, in a year or twa's ti
ill's bin daen. Ye ken Neil's spunk-coont wis low . . . an forbye
ional sex an nest-biggin. His spunk wad be hairstit efter his wad
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Syne, he crackit a spunk an kinnelt it, It didna gang
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
er! Great phrase. Aye, tae me spunk is spark, as in the sang Jock (2021) twitter link

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
But aince the nicht wis that spunk-fu
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ire. Noo, as seen as he pit a spunk
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nnae need tae descend fae the spunk ae some lord in order tae pos on page 93

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Ye wad endow him wi a little spunk and smeddum to act for himsel
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
alcoholic consumption for ti spunk up the creative juices, an in on page 5

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wee Cathy didnae lack the spunk, on page 29

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, bit for noo it had plenty o spunk in’t. He flickit doon the m
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
osis jist as he’s aboot tae spunk in his boaxers.
1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ll say, "The Stuarts, they've spunk; on page 35

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
lti used condom wae a talking spunk bubble(2020)

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