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The word 'snifter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
snifterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3117
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
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
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 snifter in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
kiwi1 @Historic_Ally Fits yer snifter o choice?(2019)

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Haadin his snifter-dichter wp Forenenst his flow on page 55
dledee. "Ye see, he heild his snifter-dichter forenenst him, sae's on page 56

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
wi muckle roond horns, gien a snifter tae
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
6 folk n continue huvin a wee snifter - as for mikey gove - laddi (2020) twitter link
e kin still awe enjoy oor wee snifter - n mines is a cool pint o t (2020) twitter link

General Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
, mind; if'n yer wantin a wee snifter buy twa boattles), an the sto on page 69

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ntae the nicht air and took a snifter. on page 11
mooth o the tunnel and tak a snifter. Then he wid snoove back agai on page 33

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
An snifter at baggies on page 47

1 matches

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