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The word 'nock'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nockOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2147
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 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
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 nock in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
like the chappin o a nock, an she wes naarhan the weerg on page 49
nsither fit time it is by the nock. Consither onythin, but dinna on page 68

2 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
t aboot the backruim haen nae nock. No that we'd hae seen muckle on page 27

1 matches

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
day: him an Boonsin triyd tae nock a crait a iyurn broo oot thi on page 41

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e'd dae ocht ye wantit wi the nock. Like, see gif it wis nine o' on page 44

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tid. The tick-tack o the auld nock in the corner echoed roun the on page 41

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
whaur in the distance, a kirk nock sterted chappin the oor o ten on page 66

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Then . . . the nock on the mantlepiece chapped mi on page 73

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fectit surreally bi a digital nock abuin the Heid Bummer's chair on page 4

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the chair and bleared at the nock on the mantelshelf abune the
ntelshelf abune the fire. The nock said quarter past twa, an the
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The nock stauns silent since she left, on page 24

1 matches

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