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Use in varieties of Scots

leakin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.6 10.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences125 7 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 5 4

Occurrences of leakin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
w aw day. The cunt's nose wis leakin like a burst pipe and it wis on page 129

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ot in an affy muddle ower the leakin o the fack that a Trident mis on page 55

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
dribblin, leakin on page 80

1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
this - a grown man wi' water leakin' oot fae his een. There wis a
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Leakin’ roofs an’ chokit drains,
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
s, cause ivvery wan o them is leakin inty ae grun an inty this bur on page 84

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t it. We'll jist say it wis a leakin pipe an you've sorted it.' on page 76

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ritish Legion lounge reef wis leakin water, it wis jist poorin in
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n sticky, as if something wis leakin ooto her.
elt her ma that her buits war leakin, because she likit her buits
ell her Ma that her buits war leakin, sna hid bin dingin doon in b
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“The reef o wir hoosie’s leakin. There’s watter poorin in f
1 matches

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