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Use in varieties of Scots

lockit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 10.6 9.6 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2920 6 0 3 0 0
Number of authors18 12 4 2

Occurrences of lockit in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
s o the haa, but they were aa lockit; an efter Alison had been aa on page 10

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ist wanderin Jews an shuid be lockit up fer a few days afore bein on page 27
e Hermit had tae agree tae be lockit up in the touer an hae nae hu on page 86
Fae that day on Davie wis lockit inside the great touer. Aince on page 88

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
body's gane in! The yetts are lockit! Does that no on page 20

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Doors niver lockit, at the time I mynd on page 79

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
lassie wes brocht til him he lockit her in a chaumer fu o strae, on page 42

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
naebody lockit their doors, on page 14
uce an cliver things haed bin lockit up in the bonny ceety o Const on page 19

2 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
hauns lockit as if she wis at the kirk.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e stag can turn back. Thai ir lockit in a deidlie staun-aff. Efter
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ter dowie day, fushionless an lockit
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
y'd got their danders up, and lockit ticht thegither
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ou’ll fin yer sate belt’s lockit,” he sayed. “Ye’d be be
wked him intae an oothoose an lockit the door. He decidit tae wait
slept onywhaur that he cud be lockit in. Some o the fermers that h
e mornin an fund the lamasery lockit in ice, lik Scott’s Discove
thers. He heard the door bein lockit ahint him. Nusiret stuid wi h
5 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
to hae this General Election lockit-in, as they say. In some weys
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Winnie lockit the door an dialled Rosie's n on page 21
ezin Morrice haimmert oan the lockit lavvie door. "Are ye aricht? on page 46
e's hairt wis haimmerin es he lockit the lavvie door an phoned Ste on page 56

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
aister o e hoose his risen an lockit e door ye mith stan ootside a on page 105

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
afety, doesnae deserve tae be lockit up in a cell!' on page 118

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
d forgot that baith feet were lockit inti i pedals. Came up ti I j(2019) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
lock = 'close' in StE: Is du lockit da hame park grind? ; on page 106

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
bön rin owre. Maybe shö wis lockit in somewye. Naethin seemed ri
o weicht. Shö's surely bön lockit in some place an no hed ony m
2 matches

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