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The word 'puck'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puckOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.7254
ORK - Orkney
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 50.1 11 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 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 puck 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.

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Puck ma bugs, board 'at aeroplane on page 186

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in Scotlan. They didna use a puck like the ice hockey chiels, b
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ks o it, it's as depressin as puck. on page 7

3 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
” Alexa says, surprisin me. Puck. She’s gat mair aboot hur t
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ch,” she said, puttin a big puck aff needle intae ma mooth.
onavirus morgue in Hyde Park. Puck that.
e is, that dentist wi hur big puck aff drill and that sickness a
“God, whit the puck did ah dae tae deserve this?
stickers. Ah wonder whit the puck she’s daein, but cannae fin
5 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Who the puck sells ghosts anyway? Dae the
Ah shake ma heid. Whit the puck am ah meant tae dae wi this b
2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ks o it, it's as depressin as puck. on page 8
that word than shite or even puck wi an F. She nearly hud ten k on page 10
Ah roll ma eyes. Who the puck does he fink he is? on page 46

5 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Fur puck's sake,' ah say, rubbin the s on page xiv
'Where the puck did ye disappear tae last nic on page 14
wis terrified ah wis gaun'ae puck hings up and Prove ah should on page 53
and said, 'Jeannie, whit the puck are ye daein wearin that guid on page 54
"Whit the puck are ye daein?' ah shout. on page 59
Also on pages 60
6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
boys scutter wi a puck on the frozen lochan on page 9

1 matches

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