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The word 'licks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
licksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus31010
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 licks in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tie ower muckle o fit the cat licks its erse wi." on page 85

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
i'worm licks ma beens on page 166

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@Ciaran_Dickson Giving it big licks with his phone to mock the st(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ve I got done fur joggin. Big licks this time. Bound over awready on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye'll get yer licks anither year.
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n the table noo, givin it big licks. on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
iles aroond,' she said atween licks. on page 15

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
is fantoosh suit, gien it big licks wi some lines fae the play, j on page 134

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
when yir puppy licks yir face on page 47

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
the nor-east is giein it big licks the noo. We huvtae mind there(2020)