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The word 'docken'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dockenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63222
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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 docken in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I thought I should try a docken station for da ipad I won in (2015)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n The only thing for that's a docken!" on page 15

1 matches

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
would say a visit nae worth a docken. Noo, fitiver you dee, dinna on page 37

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
said, "Lord div ye nae care a docken att ma sister there his left on page 99
lik herbs bit ye dinna care a docken for fit's richt nor e luv o G on page 101
es, "ye dinna need tae care a docken aboot maet tae keep ye goin n on page 102
ill e first een an nae care a docken for e tither. Ye canna serve on page 108
on, a jeedge att didna care a docken for God nor man. Nog there wi on page 110

6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in berries an steens on tap o docken leaves makkin on they war min
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
moo, she booed doon tae ett a docken.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Ah dinna gie a docken if he's got a broon belt in B on page 45

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
'A carna a docken for ee an yir plicht. on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
aw ower the grunds sootherin docken reekin hellebore | nippie net on page 3

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
cil an yer plans, nae carin a docken for flesh an bleed. Nae doot on page 8

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@d_anderson878 Ach nithing a docken winna cure(2020)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@DoricDictionary I mine the docken leaf fin I wis a loon! Nae mu(2013)

(South) East Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
h ither on some weed-grouwan, docken-strewn, wind-blastit, lanesom on page 136

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
nication. It disnae maitter a docken hou weel it gets written, if
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
s wadger, but he didnae gie a docken! The affa fleg he haed tane h
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Here, let me sort it wi a docken!
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
sued. Faither spotted a large docken which he yanked oot. “Bingo
d, faither said that it wis a docken grub, I think it wis the larv
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
neuch; an it disnae maitter a docken tae me gif ye're a wee lassie on page 44

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ate thare an wadna hae gied a docken for her life, for she didna k on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ous a lassie wha disnae gie a docken for him. Sae she flytes and d on page 62

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ehaw, sae it doesna maitter a docken." They dauner hither and yon on page 82
and lichtsome, and no carin a docken aboot twa times nineteen, for on page 97

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
She disna care a docken or a strae! on page 43

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wis. Hou life wisnae worth a docken athoot it. Hou men were expec on page 16

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
her X is a weel-kent wird lik docken or an obsolete ane lik doit;
1 matches

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