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The word 'buccleuch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
buccleuchOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.795
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
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 60.6 5 2
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 buccleuch in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
like St Andraes or the Deuk o Buccleuch’s estate whaur Tories are w
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, spouse tae Anne, Countess o Buccleuch. But the sin o pride that Joh on page 39
hey're nae better or waur nor Buccleuch nor their ither noble neibour on page 61

2 matches

General Central

@RickHJohnston tweeted
at. Mum is behaving! We're in Buccleuch in Dalkeith for a meal. Had a (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
he gaed breingin affhaun doun Buccleuch Place ti the office o the lit
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ed o Rankleburn; anenst the , Buccleuch Ferm’s threi ootbye herdins
marrow, bade on is herd fur Buccleuch Estates i Ropelawsheil. Jocki
ane o the Deuk o Buccleuch’s game keepers. Ma faither
ootbye herdin on Aist Buccleuch ferm, up Rankle Burn. Tae tel
4 matches

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