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The word 'scuttlin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scuttlinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.863
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scuttlin 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

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
teadin. Ye could hear ih rats scuttlin aboot in ih waas!! Nean o 'em (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
r me, its wee short-arse legs scuttlin oer the boggin, hair covered,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, the sound ay scratchin paws scuttlin roon the stairwell. An pantin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
gh above the throng ay people scuttlin aboot markin the beginnins ay
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Pearcey’s oan aw fours, scuttlin aboot like a gumsy, rabies ri
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
tay. She lived aff the rocks, scuttlin ower lempets, dippin hir hans on page 50

1 matches

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