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The word 'nips'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nipsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32715
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 48.8 11 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.4 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 nips in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
beggar blocks wir drains And nips at aal wir bits and pieces - on page 75

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
lectit. They were drinkin sma nips o whisky an natterin aboot th
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
h ma heed, must have hid mare nips last night than thought as my(2016)
my legs buckled wee too many nips! Fits gan on wee folk(2016)
go tae my 2nd hame so darts, nips & peace!(2016)
it. Fittie Bar, here I come! Nips galore #fittiebar(2016)
a turnip efter a few too many nips of the Scottish water last ni(2017)
and 5 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
r mind pints, I'll get in the nips! Gin ye haedna come up wi the on page 90

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
are there, huddilt owre their nips o guidness kens whit. The bau on page 71

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e guid daein it ower twathree nips (SSS, RWS), romantic as it so
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Wi tatties, neeps, an whisky nips -
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the pints n molly wis oan the nips! (2021) twitter link
id auld swally lol - pints n nips fir me noo brother in nae par (2020) twitter link
ae the pints then get oan the nips - its awe aboot xperiance lo (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o encouragement (an twa three nips o rum) Davie went oot intae t on page 38
on a Thursday. He wis drinkin nips an hauf pints an by the wey h on page 101

2 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ken ye like this, Rents, yer nips being touched. Ye dinnae shut
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’That really nips ma tits’’ ah tell him, ca
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s is keepin us warm. The cold nips at our fingers n toes through on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Ultramarine that nips the back o yer larynx on page 48

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
He's sae bored it nips his lugs on page 22

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
That nips an cuns no sun nor muithy day on page 76

1 matches

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