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The word 'puffed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puffedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of puffed in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
h hearan. For some meenads id puffed aweiy withoot speakan; but at on page 43

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
boot his palace wi "his chist puffed up like a bubblyjock in a fer on page 5

1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
r face wis purple, her cheeks puffed oot, her mooth workin blah, b on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He puffed on his pipe: 'Tll be whit I a on page 23

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
like James Dean wae ma chist puffed oot and an expression oan ma on page 40

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
n, joined them. "Faither!" he puffed. "Get aa these wild wimmin af on page 83

1 matches

West Central

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tam wis fair puffed oot when he reached hame.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Pig's blathers puffed bi boys made on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e hearin. Fir a wee meenit it puffed away wioot speakin; bit event on page 45
id," said Alice, who wis fair puffed-up at the chance tae show aff on page 59

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oys, joggin like he's no even puffed oot. . ' on page 47
'Look it yees, ya puffed oot wee cunts! Never been up on page 48

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
h hearin. For some meenits it puffed awa athoot speikin; but at th on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
aunds oan yer hips, yer chest puffed oot an' yer e'en straicht ahe on page

1 matches

Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
An ower puffed up tae see. on page 20

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
onservatives Jings Rhoda, ahm puffed oot readin that ??(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hearin. Fur some meenits eet puffed awa withoot speakin; but at l on page 44

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
Till ae cock triumphed, puffed an preenin.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
A voice puffed up the baks o the Waterloo Ro on page 14

1 matches

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