knocks | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 5.8 | 10.3 | 8.9 | |
Number of occurrences | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Number of authors | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oor. It wis yin ae they polis knocks, ken? the yins that aboot tak on page 16
Park. A proper school ae hard knocks. The buildin auld and run doo on page 188
2 matches
Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
knocks on meh front door on page 77
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
pishes the couch yae nicht or knocks owre on page 120
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ade who uncharacteristically, knocks it back an runs ahead tae ask
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
then a succession ay forceful knocks, like the bloody polis at yer
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
mbarrassing him like that. He knocks uz ontae the bed wi his fist,
1 matches
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
he day we've maistly explored knocks, braes, shanks, heughs, haugh (2020) twitter link