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The word 'puddock'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puddockOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.84523
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 29.2 22 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 puddock in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ar a Gordon laird as fat as a puddock fell aff his shelt an deid at
st witches keepit a taed or a puddock or a kittlin aroon them. Bit
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
no the air, an laundit like a puddock boundin awa fair teen
eeth like shears, feet like a puddock, an a mou stappit wi flames.
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
itever happened tae the gypit puddock ringtone - ye nivver hear fa(2017)

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
puddock
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
An the puddock in the fool muck hisnae a nam on page 88

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
dy's leukin A gae snorklin in puddock dubs mervelin at coontless re on page 3

4 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
amed, a heel-tramped staund o puddock-stuils on page 58

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bi puddock-stuil or nettle-bed, on page 91

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
g wi ithers the likes o Pedro Puddock is gret fun tae read but ther
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
dy seemed tae sweel up like a puddock's. 'A genius!' she yelloched. on page 80

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Een lik a puddock an yallochie hide,
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
this puddock-cruddles-universe aneath
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah've niver seen a puddock up a hill on page 20

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
said the Deuk: "it's aither a puddock or a worm. Whit I'm askin is, on page 25
un face, an muckle een like a puddock; an baith flunkies, Alison tu on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bi puddock-stuil or nettle-bed, on page 91

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
na even hear him. The frozent puddock-eed look wis back wi her agai on page 43
n up through the flair like a puddock-stool. on page 46

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
wped. 'See yon mingin bunch o puddock-stools growin oot o the gushe on page 146

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
ne'er thinkin ma wee puddock on page 23

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Pedro Puddock on page 22

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
amed, a heel-tramped staund o puddock-stuils on page 74
Whaur mirklie lurk weet puddock stanes on page 80

2 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
No like a puddock-stuil snowkin frae oot the sy on page 43

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ye'd be deid or turnt intae a puddock. on page 29

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
A puddock croaked as they gaed past. on page 99

2 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
a towsie bauchle, a dollopin puddock
1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
braw prince – whae keeps a puddock
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ye turnit: a glent o a muckle puddock alangside o a lowpin hare dou
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
, but the ugsome, scunnersome puddock fawed weill short i the end.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Bylin the Linguistic Puddock
cale – bylin the linguistic puddock, sae tae speik.
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
yPKC1 @GoodlyburnPS Is that a puddock we see? :-) #Scots (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Intae sic silence, a green puddock lowps a perfit bow, oan the s on page 14

1 matches

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