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The word 'cupped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cuppedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cupped in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
my hands cupped roon a steamin bowl o broth on page 43

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Wimmin in shops muttert ahind cupped hands at ane anither, words l
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s a fag nervously, his haunds cupped ower the flichteran glisk o t on page 136

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t her elbucks on the desk and cupped her face in her haunds, and t on page 167
ng pit in the milk. Again she cupped her ain mug in baith haunds a on page 190

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
iture shop, presses her haund-cupped coupon tae the clatty windae,
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n us a footy up n over on his cupped hands. A follow his example n on page 47

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
abbie German lassies wi birds cupped in haun. An that wis it, In y on page 137

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
t hit an pettled the han that cupped the babbie's bak. "Imagine th on page 35
Sally cupped his face in hir hans. Alfie k on page 53

2 matches

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