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The word 'blinkit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blinkitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2148
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 blinkit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Jack blinkit awa the memory, his faither's on page 92
dykes full wi snaa. An fin he blinkit an rubbit his een it wis aa g on page 93

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah blinkit es Ah leukit aroon the new ga on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
k meens in puils o cream. She blinkit at her mistress frae aneth he
wee attic room, Minnie's een blinkit open a thochtie. Aunt Florenc
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
gowden curls an blue een that blinkit fin ye cowpt their heids back
saucer that blinkit reid n’ green like traffic
2 matches

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
saw the yird mudge a wee. He blinkit his een an telt hissel, “Na
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
ld it. Some witnessed that it blinkit an wept. on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The hallies maun be blinkit on page 48

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
blinkit by the shaw on page 42

1 matches

Sulhunt, Miriam Lallans 90 - Rapunzel, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ah wiz blinkit on page 33

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
s. Ah thocht Skaldie's yin ee blinkit tae me. We maun jalouse Aud d on page 14

2 matches

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