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The word 'baccy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
baccyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81912
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 baccy in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
he feenished tampan doon the 'baccy' an lightan his pipe. Aisan f on page 19

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
anither fag If I can find me baccy in the buddom o me bag. on page 65

1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
in a fag, an I could taste da baccy on de tongue, an on de mooth on page 52

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ack wi ma faither's aul pipe, baccy tin an blue checkit bonnet. " on page 88

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o pan-scrubbers, soap, pegs, baccy an ither hoosehold goods. on page 90

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e ooto his mou an dichtit his baccy-broon fuskers, an said that d
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e tweed jaikets that yoamed o baccy an he caad his sheen “Hush
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a fag, an aa could taste the baccy on yer tongue, an on yer mou on page 53

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
s. In ae pocket he keepit his baccy and in the ither een at the o
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
loon. Div Ye use 'em fur yer baccy? #Drum #tabbies(2015)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Cause it's not lik wur wacky baccy smokin bams on page 118
says probly smokes the wacky baccy hersel - she wis lik that, I on page 125

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
him oan the couch rollin his baccy. on page 10

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’m sittin here, packin some baccy intae ma pipe, digestin every
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
arge pane ay glass. Ah get ma baccy oot ma pocket an pinch a smal
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
him oan the couch rollin his baccy.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
aes, or tak a drink, or smoke baccy, or haud siller, or tak pairt on page 6

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
saut an baccy, kye an lime, on page 77

1 matches

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