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Use in varieties of Scots

boakin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.6 1.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences107 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of boakin 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.

Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Boakin every time ye wake an beelin on page 79

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I feel sae bad I'm nearly boakin! on page 6

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
mah da getting oot ae bed an boakin like fuck. Weird how ye cin t on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
igh waw aw roond it, and reek boakin fae its lums, and unco wheech on page 7
d-up green hairy-oobits wioot boakin. "Noo listen," I said (speaki on page 81

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ate and drank until they were boakin. on page 39

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ct, a puckle o ithers stertit boakin is weel. on page 18

1 matches

Doric

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
his chips were minging, just boakin. He wis nae trickit wi fit a
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
slitterin an boakin his saul oot in the siver on page 141

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Girnin an boakin in the howdie's airms. on page 51

1 matches

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