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The word 'poacket'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
poacketOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72910
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 3
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) 1468.4 1 1
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of poacket in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
took a wee notebook oot o his poacket, makin oan he wiz writin doon
1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ther gies iz a hauf-croon tae poacket on Thursday nicht. Wad that h on page 98

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
s the power lead wi im in eez poacket. on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
do took his keys fae his jean poacket, keys which ah assume tae be on page 43
all yelly tablet fae his jean poacket. Huddin it up intae the light on page 79
new twinty quid note fae his poacket and begins tae gently wave it on page 108

3 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
pull ma ciggie packet fae ma poacket and light yin up.
fin the packet back inside ma poacket. ‘’Ah’m sorry aboot ma
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Recording his thochts in his poacket buik, on page 18
un some burnt tin-foil in his poacket. on page 51

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ed by the doactur fae ma jean poacket. Scoopin oot a sample ae ma s
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ma sample ae shite in ma jean poacket withoot realisn it. Cos ah ki
produce the tube fae ma jean poacket and pass it oor.
ce a new ten quid note fae ma poacket. Which hus Rabbie Burn’s pu
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
a waistcoat-poacket afore, or a watch tae take oo on page 8
spair she pit her haun in her poacket, an pulled oot a boax ae comf on page 28

3 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Encore! They shout, as ye poacket their cash,
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Recordin his thochts in his poacket beuk.
1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
shock and meningitis', in his poacket buik, they fun a prayer on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
takkin a bunch o keys fae his poacket and slippin yin o them intae on page 73
. Mr Wonka taen a key fae his poacket, leaned ower the side o the b on page 99
r bairns that haurdly get ony poacket money. Ye can pit a Never-Sta on page 102
poacket o his jaiket and stuffed a ha on page 154
d the laddie im his faither's poacket. Aff ye gang! Guid-bye, Mr Te on page 155

7 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
em bags wae a wee Mobile fone poacket ootside at naebdys fone fits (2020)

Eastern Ulster (Belfast)

O Connor, Liz Yarns 3 - The Itehr Mitt, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Belfast, poetry
Some slip fra the poacket, not minded,
1 matches

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