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The word 'drippin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drippinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62219
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
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) 71.4 2 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drippin in Corpus

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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Bellows, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
his drippin broo
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
cter!" Loomin oot o the mist, drippin weet, wis a ginormous tractor on page 87

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
man …’ Ah said, ilka word drippin fae mi moo lik het wax, ‘pr
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
'em in hippens, save 'em fae drippin a' ower i'place. on page 144

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
tin, riftin an eatin breid an drippin lik he wis pleyin the moothie on page 26

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
. She haed mair than yin tear drippin frae her een, makin spotters on page 1

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
am oot for a meenit, her erms drippin bluid tae the elbas, tae dema
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ingin tae them, an aw ae them drippin wet, wae faces like fizz. on page 25

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
fuckin soakin, right, fuckin drippin wet, then ah count tae three. on page 76

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is teeth ur cherry red, blood drippin aff them an gushin doon oer h
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
in at the sink, soapy bubbles drippin aff her pink rubber gloves.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
murky tub an prise masel oot, drippin wet, watter poolin oan the ca
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Drippin frae his hauns in the dappled
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
wish they were - and drippin fae tins; piles ae boards, on page 95

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
an auld chip pan fu' o' beef drippin then lettin me tak them ootsi (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
And A'm drippin.
1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Watson, Audrey Yarns 3 - The Tay Meetin, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Fermanagh, prose
men red faced wi the sweat drippin doon ther ja’s. Then ther w
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Jaws drippin wi bluid, fat and slabbers
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
rlt wi weeds — an John saa, drippin ootae tha poakits o her pinny
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
red as him an Gary hasted awa drippin dulse an daberlack ahind them
rms. Swift-like, ah held up a drippin han o birdies eenies up close
2 matches

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