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The word 'frocks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
frocksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21713
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
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 frocks in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I bowt twa summer frocks fae Croy's and seaseek pills on page 20
Full o me frocks and frillies - no a sock fur on page 21

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e fancy hairdo. Thir wis long frocks, minis and even wan reed hot on page 99

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
roon sandals an bonnie summer frocks on page 42

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
squeeze masel inte ony o the frocks," said Beldie, oxterin a pile on page 70

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ged fae lang-firgotten pairty frocks an bonny bitties o cloot aat on page 79

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t. Her mither got aa her braw frocks frae the doctor, she wis a gr
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a wee English actress in braw frocks an ootins at the feenish o he
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
an buskit bi Bakst in cuttie frocks on page 63

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
joabs like makin dresses an' frocks
1 matches

(South) East Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ig an bonnie lassies in white frocks an tartan sashes, operatic
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
wint it tae be fitba. In thon frocks! https://t.co/RikfydDLJV(2020)

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
e flichterlichties in spangly frocks - are fou o ill ploys. If th on page 15

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
the weemin in their fantoosh frocks on page 28

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an pairty frocks an Sunday breeks on page 52
fine frocks and frilly petticoats on page 53

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
me scoorie luk, in thair auld frocks an peenies wi a cardigan on t on page 65

1 matches

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