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Use in varieties of Scots

snuff Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 1.5 7.4 0 0 10.3 9.7
Number of occurrences113 5 0 0 1 2
Number of authors7 2 2 1 2

Occurrences of snuff in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Oor camels snuff the gloamin blyth tae stert on page 31

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
another patient is aboot tae snuff it. Sure enough, eh? by the t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
™Ah tell yae ah’m aboot tae snuff it and aw you’re concerned
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
en. Tak anither stap an Ah'll snuff oot yer canle for ye!' on page 45

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
der. "Ah can spot quaality an snuff oot a gweed deal a mile awa." on page 71

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rtie - fin ye div eventually snuff it, wi'll hae te screw ye int on page 36
iry's dish. The dug gied it a snuff an a lick syne paddit awa wi' on page 71

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Lut's ging an snuff oot the nibbles," Ah said, tr on page 30

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@billykayscot 'Snuff' aiblins no the best wird tae(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e'll no brek aff, an he'll no snuff oot a smoldérin wick, til he on page 9

1 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
ud hae bina hanfa, a pinch, a snuff or a spinfa, or in tha case o
1 matches

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