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The word 'trunk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
trunkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32117
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 71.4 2 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of trunk in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A treveleen trunk wae aal wir things on page 43

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dysel, whin du wis strokin da trunk o dat ane, at du wid nivver t on page 53

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t yet canna see e muckle tree trunk in yer ain ee? Foo can ye say on page 14
avaa tak e tree trunk oot o yer ain ee, than ye mit on page 15

3 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e watched he claimbert up the trunk tae the branches near the top on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
heidin fur. The thick, rough trunk ae a tree. on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Aboot the trunk o it wis twistit
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
at clatter. And as ah Pop the trunk open the picture that faces m
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
A hairy trunk on his back he bore. on page 112

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
god, an swayed her erm like a trunk, hummin a phrase.
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
crunch. The driver opens the trunk an launches wir instruments a on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lookin, like a fireplace; the trunk it’s chimney - except itâ€
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
erent hues. Cooried round the trunk of the mithertree, they shade on page 3

1 matches

Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
aroontit. The soo-side o the trunk is caerpetit wi moss. Tufts o on page 71

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
space wi a bat made o a tree trunk. An that's hoo asterbaw stert on page 19

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ions, jacks, Jethart Justice, trunk roads etc.. Whiles, thae refe on page 127

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, Helen Yarns 3 - Summer twa thousant an twenty three / A Shedda wi a soul, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, poetry
The trunk is warm at me back
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
h wus a guid thickness at tha trunk but was spindly gettin as Dan
1 matches

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