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The word 'weskit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weskitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 weskit in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
r as ta tak a watch oot o his weskit-pocket, an lookit at him, an on page 7
seen a rabbit afore at hed a weskit-pocket or yit a watch ta tak on page 8

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
‘s black as the earl a hell's weskit fit means describing a thunde(2015)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
hissel, thooms stack inti his weskit he wid stravaig aboot the Col on page 54

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e a wee bowdy-leggit chiel wi weskit unbuttoned an shirtsleeves ro on page 104

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
craa As blatk's Aal Nickie's weskit, on page 49

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
a baggie o strychnine in his weskit pocket; a braw weskit it wis,
pocket; a braw weskit it wis, made wi mowdie skins.
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
An reachin intae his weskit pocket he poued oot a handfu on page 45

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
kane, pylot coit, an k'nittit weskit - sum buiks an ma railwey ru on page 5
waarm an A wes ti wauk in ma weskit), a gryte laif o blak breid, on page 6

2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
he fearsome Earl in his daurk weskit o auld skin on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
onybody, no juist wee tots. A weskit wi a muckle creepie crawlie s
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
An orra tink, wi his weskit loused
1 matches

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