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The word 'tuckin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tuckinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.898
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 tuckin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sure wi wull," droned Gerald, tuckin his napkin inte's sark collar on page 28

1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
While ye were tuckin in tae yer feed
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Ave seen maself oot in winter tuckin ma trackies intae ma fitbaw s on page 16
stic - chairs. A see Broonie tuckin intae the sandwiches, openin on page 60

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
repress fuck oot the thought, tuckin it away in the archives wi ev on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it’s aw there.’ he sais, tuckin the cash intae ma haun.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
and pit the book up his jouk, tuckin his shirt back in jist as the on page 92

1 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
tae hersel by the waoa hoose, tuckin her feet up tae try and gie t on page 51

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ind mingin so much when ye're tuckin intae a rabbit stew. Err
1 matches

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