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The word 'doocot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doocotOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.4287
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 62.1 14 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 doocot in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da unnamed builder o Woodwick doocot on page 44

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
commendations fur a fridge an doocot lock? Ma jeans waist has shru(2020)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
yin aboot in the win. Fae the doocot Madge hid advertised bi the n on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
DOOCOT FERMIN
It wis up at Mounthooly Doocot that Jonsar Eck wis stannin,
mak oot Aiberdeen. Mounthooly Doocot is een o Jonsar Eck's favouri
is affa puzzled wi Mounthooly Doocot. He often asked himsel,
t hae been used for? The name Doocot must mean it hid something
13 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Added tae the doocot, wi subsequent forays tae tip
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e, “we’ll gang up tae the doocot this evenin. Ah’m sorry,”
inside the stane tower o the doocot. She wis kinna feart that it
nder. “He’s likely in the doocot wi the Captain,” the lad sa
erous. Releegions is lik this doocot - safe an peacefu inside, fu
nder. “He’s likely in the doocot wi the Captain,” the lad sa
7 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
dation slab ay the factory; a doocot.
the vicinity; nothin but the doocot; that an the expanse ay derel
p aff the ladder an intae the doocot, shuttin the door oer. ‘The
3 matches

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