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Use in varieties of Scots

crank Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2.1 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences74 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors7 4 2 1

Occurrences of crank 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

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
pump wi a lang irn hanle tae crank fir pumpin watter. Frae ootsi
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ower his granola, ‘Need tae crank it up, it’s baltic in here
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere yer fuckin gaun ya fuckin crank, ye!’ the boay sais, ragin.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
fae the back ae the motor. Ah crank up the airwaves tae droon oot
1 matches

Doric

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
than a crank on a day like iday. on page 87

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
So aff on's bike did Willie crank on page 15

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Here, let me see ye crank the egg," said Maisie. '"Ther on page 11

1 matches

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