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The word 'plook'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
plookOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52113
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 plook in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
the end o his ned is a baelan plook." on page 6
the end o his neb is a baelan plook. on page 12

2 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
've a gie sair erse, poasible plook, send 'e boys roon tae scratc(2015)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
-wally lookin. Bulgin. Like a plook. Hunners ae hooses, tons ae f on page 1

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Granny, A've goat a big plook oan ma neb.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
us [wi a ] ...monstrous great plook on her arse" an whit micht be
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
aither said she's a richt wee plook.' on page 79
ced ten-year-auld lassie wi a plook on her neb, cried Hortensia, on page 96
oddess, and suddenly even the plook on her neb wis a mark o smedd on page 102
s beelin blype, this pizenous plook that ye see afore ye, is nane on page 114
nae want yer middle names, ya plook!' the Gorgon belloched. 'Whit on page 135
Also on pages 146
6 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
An a durty big plook oan the end ae iz nose." on page 8
An a durty big plook oan the end ae iz nose. on page 14

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Thas beatin plook, this honkin gowk, on page 91

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
WANT TAE SEE MA "SPECIAL PLOOK"? on page 28

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
wi a maukit fingir. He had a plook comin there and it wis yeukie on page 21

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
jaggie nettle that gied me a plook, on page 23

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah cin feel a plook comin up on the end o ma neb.(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@AwTroon Plook as in spot which I refer tae (2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
l, wean, bairn, piece, skelp, plook, hoose, braw, cowp, foo, toon(2020)