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The word 'deuk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deukOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.75119
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 229.7 21 3
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 65.5 5 1
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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 deuk in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wis faan athin him; dey wir a Deuk an a Dodo, a Lory an a peerie on page 24
"Fan whit?" said da Deuk. on page 26
Laek a deuk wi hits ee-wharms, he öses h on page 105

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
¶d, an ta dem he wis a sittin deuk. As he cam by dey set aboot h on page 115

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
alang wi deuk eggs, an goats cheese, an wha on page 2

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
uff Wis jist like watter affa deuk till the quine hid hid enough on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fu o silage an the wee suppie deuk wis heapit up oan tap o't, wi on page 36

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n roon an gie's a look it yer deuk's tail." on page 35

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
plapped ben the watter like a deuk.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
fine, but we're jist a sittin deuk here. An Ah'd raither face a on page 41

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
is made wi kinnen, chicken an deuk. But, if ye think ye are brav on page 4

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
'THERE WIS EENCE A DEUK... on page 16
h, fit a sotter!" mummlet een deuk. on page 18
Peekie-kind, the orra deuk scushled awa fae the loch, oo on page 19
"A deuk?" the blind wifie said, clapp on page 20
that he must be an affa grite deuk, and she wis fair-trickit. "M on page 21
Also on pages 24, 27
18 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ttle, an wrappit three muckle deuk’s eggs intae a hankerchief
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
s "heuch", "leuk", "beuk" an "deuk".
1 matches

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

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ad fell intae it: there wis a Deuk, an a Dodo, a Lory an an Eagl on page 23
"Rand whit?" said the Deuk. on page 25
, I maun sugar my hair.' As a deuk wi its ee-lids, sae he wi his on page 44

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
lang wi ony fresh whaup, wild deuk or seagull eggs they'd gether on page 56

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Boonce wis a deuk-and-goose fermer. He kept tho on page 3
sie fat chookie fae Boggin? A deuk or a goose fae Boonce? Or a b on page 7
'Tt think we'll hae deuk the nicht,' said Mrs Tod. 'Br on page 10

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
A deuk or crocodile, on page 18

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
the clatter o wings as a wild deuk flew up frae a clump o rashes on page 17

2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Johnny Depp, Lord Byron and a deuk-bill’t platypus. Yet whaur
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
@karencotter10 But no a deuk's erse!(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ur ane-an-twuntie ‘ear, the Deuk
Commission. A’m telt at the Deuk, himself, fleid in an oot o
ane o the Deuk o Buccleuch’s game keepers.
3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha blaa-ins tuk it fur a deuk, on page 48

1 matches

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