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Use in varieties of Scots

knackered Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 5.3 3.2 29.8 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1610 2 3 1 0 0
Number of authors14 10 2 1 1

Occurrences of knackered in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n it. An, tell the truth, I'm knackered. As weel as mindful of ma nut on page 1

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
oun the room til we wur baith knackered. Ah kin on page 93

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
tin clarty an wet an cauld an knackered, I'd think aboot the ither Te on page 136

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I was knackered like Orpheus breengin roond H on page 123

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
er auld black cat. Wance, her knackered donkey taen, she vowed tae re on page 23

1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
frae yer core when ye're ower knackered even tae think; that thae wir
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Well A'm sae bluidy knackered,
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Knackered fae the day;
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Third day o bein too knackered tae eat denner. Wha um Ah?! h(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ken this am knackered - watched 4 games the day n (2021) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
I’ve made for masel, I’m knackered. I lie doon on the grun for a
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
he start boyz. Their feart an knackered. Fit ever ye de, dinae let em(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Yir knackered the entire row o stabs. on page 62
Am knackered wae speakan, cookan and bakan on page 73
Me slippers are knackered, on page 102

3 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
hunt part o da village gala #knackered #parentsdidmostofthehunting # (2018) twitter link