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The word 'thievin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thievinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81611
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of thievin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
spoke aboot choryin. ‘Sneak thievin’ he cawed it an he wiz oan
e aye came back tae the sneak thievin idea. Plottin, plannin, refin
2 matches

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
ken him as that thievin gype
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
boot it. Ye dinnae think thon thievin crew’ll miss a trick tae sk
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
door tae tell me you've been thievin, she said, Yi'll be beggin fu on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
earth in the supermairkets ~ thievin bastards that they are an aw on page 72
it wisnae jist burglaries an thievin that went on, there wis strai on page 104

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Are you yin o thon thievin stouthreivers?” sayed anith
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere adept in the waiys ay the thievin bastart.
ae good at much, Pearcey, but thievin. . . second tae none man. Nae
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aluables. By nou, maist o the thievin caterans had slithered awa ba on page 58
at gin he didnae tak it, some thievin vagabond or Hielan cateran wa on page 62
luidy papist Stuarts an their thievin Hielan caterans .. on page 72

3 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
hoose-end. He's a thievin fat fodge" on page 73

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
a and da, they’re dead agin thievin. Donna widny rob hooses or st
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
dér an adultérie, lustin an thievin, blesphemin an slandeérin fo on page 9

1 matches

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