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The word 'sack'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sackOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.24322
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 4
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) 307.4 6 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sack in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iks' papers Intull a wee fite sack. on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ell wi a bairn. Faith, they'd sack them as quick as luik at them
d the towes frae the neck o a sack he wis cairryin. The futterat
le paws. Minnie stood up on a sack o corn, an helpit Isie tae sw
. Baith o them crawled inno a sack apiece, an cooried deep inno
bushel pressed hard doon on a sack o corn, wi its boddom upperma
6 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
oarner an pulls an auld hairy sack o a coat fae a peg doon ower
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
kent she wiz gyan tae get the sack for aa the cairry on and she
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ad be. The neist race wis the sack race. It wis even
fur Dauvit wis that heich the sack jist raxxed tae the boddom o
“Did yer sack shrink in the wash?” cried
3 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
lm yersel Winifred. We cannae sack im. We cid nivver find anithe on page 40

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
if you eens are ony example. Sack at like." on page 98

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
th his body he layed an auld, sack covered, thermal matt - just
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
? These fannies got Glass the sack and now they’ve downed tools (2022) twitter link
roon is a real factor, can ye sack him as part o the backroom bu (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
. Syne, A'l fairlie gie him a sack fou o sair banes! He's cum fr on page 48

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wauntin u runnin aboot like a sack oh tatties-av goat ma image t (2021) twitter link
hats theyve got hard necks - sack them oan the spot - efter me (2021) twitter link
@jordy21389 sack him now - why waste time lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
that fu o cake he wis like a sack o slaistery cement and ye cou on page 127

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Oan SMG micht mean the sack, Or even worse! on page 46

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
clean sheet, ye maun go in a sack as weel, fir fear ye’ll fa
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
aw day affair. 'Ah'll get the sack if ah miss ma nine start the on page 17

2 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Drap that rank that, Sack that. Catch that?
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
mistake. Maw said she got the sack fur no usin the belt. on page 38
hy should gie his cleaner the sack, ah hink. Ah've a swatch at t on page 114

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he docks. He wad gaither up a sack o discardit fish for ma grann
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
y cut them aff, pit them in a sack an set aff tae claim the sill
wernicht in its Tolbooth. The sack wis left on the stane flair o

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
haunds wur cut aff, pit in a sack an aff the troopers went fur
at Douglas Tolbooth whaur the sack sat on the courtroom flair ow

@Chazzbat tweeted
Sack her. Thur's nae excuse. Stupi(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
r hands on the coarse hessian sack at her waist, on page 58

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
They filled up a prittas sack, on page 21
O thon prittas sack o deid jaa banes, on page 22
Oot A gaed an nabbed tha sack on page 23

6 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
y there tae empty it into the sack.
1 matches

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