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Use in varieties of Scots

kinks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.7 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1211 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 10 1

Occurrences of kinks in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
rd brag. Forbye, he kep me in kinks, aa day, ilka day, wi aa his on page 85

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
izard's sclate-pencil, an the kinks o the happt-up geenypigs, fil on page 44

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Nae kinks or differs on page 17

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Lik the sudden kinks o the lichtnin an the serpens on page 41

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
doubled up in kinks on page 52

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ttish Place-Names News was in kinks aboot a 'fantastical' advert on page 56

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
fawin doun wi the kinks. The dirdum fleggit awaw the
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
e droonin bairns an the deein kinks o the pitten awa, but maist o
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
etion that aye haes aabody in kinks o lauchter. There is concert
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
gaein inti kinks as gin thay war hearin thaim
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
@scotlit Explains the kinks ma husband went intae when py(2017) search twitter

Doric

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ers got peeved at me being in kinks laffin.... (2022) twitter link