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The word 'boggin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bogginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.67218
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 5
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 41 8 6
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 65.7 50 4
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of boggin in Corpus

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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
the warriors' faces. It wis a boggin craitur wi its muckle scaley on page 11

1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
SO gang awa and wash oot yer boggin mooth, ye wee keelie." on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"It's actually boggin the wey they speak aboot me. on page 54

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
nna wint greens, they're jist boggin'
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
n Bat massel. It’s actually boggin the wey they speak aboot me.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ither side. It wis absolutely boggin but also kindae amazin at the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ws, beelin, blootered, boaby, boggin, burroo, cludgy, gallus, glai
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
ither side. It wis absolutely boggin but kindae amazin at the same
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@EdinburghLive_ its boggin there - aye the yin at fort (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an her fingernails wur still boggin. After we got aff the bus, La on page 169

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
an her fingernails wur still boggin. After we got aff the bus, La
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ur massel, ah’ve favoured a boggin healthy salad. Efter ah’ve
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ch an land face first oan his boggin carpet. on page 30
full ae guys, the toilets are boggin. The boss cunt's too tight ta on page 60

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
alky stoatin doon the lane in boggin jeans n ripped trainers. A wa on page 12
p over it. Aw our uniforms ir boggin n we're lookin worse fur wear on page 47

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wed, we trudge uptae the big, boggin, bleak terminal. Know that wi on page 3

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Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
“That is boggin’. Whit is in that ‘hing!â
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rt-arse legs scuttlin oer the boggin, hair covered, pish-stained c
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e’en gin it leuks lik some boggin etin o an oanshach o a bastar
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Complete we boggin bowfin reek. on page 133

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
peerie face aye had the same boggin and bealin expression as usua on page 101

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
meet. They were cried Fermer Boggin, Fermer Boonce and Fermer Bee on page 1
Boggin wis a chicken fermer. He kept on page 2
'Boggin and Boonce and Beek, on page 5
ime? A sonsie fat chookie fae Boggin? A deuk or a goose fae Boonce on page 7
Boggin and Boonce and Beek kent fine on page 8
Also on pages 9, 10, 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 40, 44, 45, 49, 58, 59, 72, 78, 81
46 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e man," he said, pechin oot a boggin reek wi every wird. "The anel on page 90

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Boris Johnson's suit jaicket? Boggin wae dandruff and auld hairs. (2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Fae boggin claes. on page 18

1 matches

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