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The word 'tinker'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tinkerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tinker 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 - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rple hedder. "He says ye're a tinker - aat ye dinna even hae a pr on page 44

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
55 Dar Oma a barefuit tinker laddie wi's ootstreekit haun on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
Tinker, Tailor, Sodjer, Spy on page 13

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
lation. It sae happens that a tinker cried William Chilsholm ance
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
There came a birkie tinker loun Alang the coast o Fife: on page 11
Oor tinker thocht o anither tale As he d on page 12
Oor tinker thocht: Fir thon daft sowel B on page 14

5 matches

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
ll really has got nits. Dis a tinker’s dug huv fleas. Ah said, A
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Intae care Tinker, Sailor, Sodjer, Thief Ye’d
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
r maiks, agane ages wi masel, tinker Tam, glaiket Dodsie an wee Ma on page 59

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
big yins like glaikit Dodsie, tinker Tam, wee Mary an daft Annie w on page 22

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
's happy tae go around like a tinker in hur old age. At least ah c on page 2
is a lassie too much, efter a tinker assured Maw a son wis oan the on page 10

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
then cooried him, the tinker on page 47

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ngle is a recipe for acquirin Tinker’s Tartan , or corned beef l
Speakin o tinker’s tartan, Burns maun tak so
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the tinker man an his wife wid sit on page 16

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Gutcher's Isle an Tinker's Loup Ah'm mindit o on page 11

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n energy daein ocht mair than tinker wi his new motor or play wi h on page 60

1 matches

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