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Use in varieties of Scots

hankie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 5.8 4.8 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1511 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors10 7 2 1

Occurrences of hankie in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ed tae polish the lenses wi a hankie The bairns stayed quiet, watc on page 68

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
at Claypotts an wave a white hankie tae her lover sittin ower in on page 118
n at the windae an waving her hankie tae summon the lover that wui on page 119

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
n, but he'd tae hoast intae a hankie afore he could even stairt. " on page 63
went intae his pocket for his hankie and, coverin his mooth, hoast on page 66
ee meenit, he hoastit intae a hankie while awbody waitit for him t on page 149

3 matches

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
wankish in a hankie
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
bit o' a queue A pult an auld hankie oot ma poaket An’ noisily c
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
aw! Dinnae miss it! But hae a hankie handy.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y stoap it al need tae get ma hankie oot lol (2020) twitter link
Moyes1108 a cooda brought u a hankie lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
The Prof took a hankie oot his pooch an dichted the on page 56
wis Sandy's turn ti tak oot a hankie an dicht his broo. His moo ga on page 57

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
's yer powen. A kept it in ma hankie, cause A wis feert at ye, cau on page 112

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
¼ tocht, as shü loohit fur a hankie ta wipe awa da taers runnin d on page 25

1 matches

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