Dumbuck is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dumbuck in a sentence
Dumbuck meaning
A locality near Milton, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4274).
Using Dumbuck
- The main meaning on this page is: A locality near Milton, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4274).
Context around Dumbuck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dumbuck
- In this selection, "dumbuck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1798, estates and shoal stand out and add context to how "dumbuck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include auchentorily and dumbuck was given and banks between dumbuck and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dumbuck" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dumbuck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A part retrospective planning application was lodged last year by 1798 Dumbuck Estates Ltd to partially demolish the building. (19 words)
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries hundreds of jetties were built out from the banks between Dumbuck and the Broomielaw quay in Glasgow itself. (26 words)
This being insufficient, a training wall called the Lang Dyke was built in 1773 on the Dumbuck shoal to stop water flowing over into the southern channel. (27 words)
Further proof of the antiquity of Luss is the fact that the area – consisting of the estates of Colquhoun, Auchentorily and Dumbuck – was given to Umphredus de Kilpatrick by Malduin, the Earl of Lennox, in the early 13th century. (39 words)
This being insufficient, a training wall called the Lang Dyke was built in 1773 on the Dumbuck shoal to stop water flowing over into the southern channel. (27 words)
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries hundreds of jetties were built out from the banks between Dumbuck and the Broomielaw quay in Glasgow itself. (26 words)
Example sentences (4)
A part retrospective planning application was lodged last year by 1798 Dumbuck Estates Ltd to partially demolish the building.
Further proof of the antiquity of Luss is the fact that the area – consisting of the estates of Colquhoun, Auchentorily and Dumbuck – was given to Umphredus de Kilpatrick by Malduin, the Earl of Lennox, in the early 13th century.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries hundreds of jetties were built out from the banks between Dumbuck and the Broomielaw quay in Glasgow itself.
This being insufficient, a training wall called the Lang Dyke was built in 1773 on the Dumbuck shoal to stop water flowing over into the southern channel.