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The word 'muttontief'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
muttontiefOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3111
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 63.9 11 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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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 muttontief in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
or a lang henk ower da hills. Muttontief, Snurtysleeves, Uggledlugs an
sten tae dis een, Da,” said Muttontief. “What happened to the litt
e her a peerie smoorikin when Muttontief interrupted wir romance.
3 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n da boys traipsed ahint her. Muttontief wis da last een oot. He gied
nitely practical, Da,” said Muttontief. “Wir gaein tae learn da ba
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rns braaly weel. Wir aaldest, Muttontief, has done wis prood agaen. Wh
mans back ontae da paet hill. Muttontief an me hed wir wark cut oot pi
2 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
vince da bairns tae help oot. Muttontief cleared da speeder’s webs f
fokk wi spare tyres?” axed Muttontief inquisitively.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dunna you worry aboot missin Muttontief, Uggledlugs, Snurtysleeves an
gs missin you can mebbe blame Muttontief, he’s kent for his trowie t
2 matches

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