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The word 'pootch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pootchOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62210
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
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
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 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 pootch in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
stowan id awey in his inside pootch. on page 20

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
on, shö pat her haand in her pootch, an haaled oot a box o sweeti on page 28
e wis taen da watch oot o his pootch, an wis lookin at him, oonaes on page 70
s keepit a bit o him atil her pootch) for shö wis aboot a fit hig on page 77

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
an eil, a weis ayeweis oot a pootch toppen er up aw thi tyme. A m on page 65

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
oot ma ration biscuit fae ma pootch an bit a bit aff. The twa bla
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e cauld clink o siller in his pootch.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the furst egg intae her peeny pootch. She stuck the saicont ane, c on page 36

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
the wee paircel in ma jaiket pootch wi the ceegarettes. The white
A gits the ceegarettes oot ma pootch syne thinks, matches. That's
raxes the wee paircel oot ma pootch an lifts a hale pound coin fa
A staps the chainge in ma pootch. "Whaur can A git a cup o cof
m thinkin on the siller in ma pootch, what grand it wad be tae can
6 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
pawndin. Here..." An frae his pootch he on page 138

3 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
But ma pootch is empie. on page 61

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
. She taks the phone frae her pootch an answers. on page 3

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
mannie footered aboot in the pootch o his creashie jaiket and pul on page 125

1 matches

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