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Use in varieties of Scots

creak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 4.3 3.2 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences128 2 0 0 0 2
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of creak in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
dawn wis risin she woke tae a creak on the stair. She sat up. The on page 11

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s Da before he opened it wi a creak. He always hud a wee lie oan on page 40
The creak o the door echoed as we looke on page 56
Lauren's wheelchair wheels creak like nails oan a chalkboard w on page 90

3 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
Creak! The auld stairs screamed as
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The trees creak and twist above us as we stoa
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
abnormal amount o' noise. Ilk creak 'n' crack making me cringe. A
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
up, houndin the hoose wae ery creak, followt by a crack as if the
1 matches

Doric

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
the creak o her styes. Silk on page 123

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tairs, missin the step wi the creak, flittit ben the lobby like g
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hir coat an watchin the swing creak bak an forth as Hughie lay ow on page 1

2 matches

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