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Use in varieties of Scots

manky Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 20.6 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4240 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors22 20 2

Occurrences of manky 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
vin basturt and he lives in a manky fuckin caravan.' on page 20
The hing's toaty. The flair's manky an covered in rubbish an auld on page 21
d walls. The windaes are that manky that ahm 100% sure he won't n on page 22
Paco finds a manky auld tea towel an attempts ta on page 31

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'It's better than yon manky coo!' on page 15
By this wee manky mingin cloon? on page 33
Young Gowdie tae a manky end. on page 34

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
As thick 's himsel: a manky miscreant Wha'd shairly cause on page 62

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the smashin ae gless oan the manky lookin flair at ma feet. on page 81

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'It's manky siller,' Matilda said. 'Ah ha on page 19
e, and he hadnae sellt eneuch manky second-haund motors. There's on page 32
e rush o black hair wis noo a manky silver, this time the colour on page 55
in doon at her. 'Ah want thae manky pigtails aff afore ye come ba on page 106
d ontae the platform wearin a manky white pinnie. It wis plain as on page 117
Also on pages 135, 149, 155, 212
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ry chests, ah think it's pure manky lookin. That stinky Colin Kel on page 95

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
her wee runklie mooth, shawin manky peeliewally broon teeth. on page 39

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Ye kin get tae see the manky monster aw slime, gunge, bowl on page 29
eug and a wee roond cat and a manky dug, on page 131

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah'm sittin oan the manky wooden Pair, lookin up desper on page 14

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
b - but ye wadna cry a tod a manky tike or the ither wey aboot. on page 15

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
let, 'Ye'll no be wantin this manky auld dish-cloot ony maiz, wil on page 144

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
lin up. 'Ding and daiver that manky mingin tod! he said. 'Whit in on page 29

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
No fleein unner a pile o manky claes on page 20

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Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e and he dressed hissel up in manky auld claes. He gaed tae the E on page 87

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
hit’d bin kept in a kennel. Manky wi muck an weet, no even hoos
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
p her trooser leg, exposing a manky dark red gash.
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
oot yet anither o ma crushed, manky cairds grippit like a vice at
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n ye. He’s wearin that same manky Berghaus jaickit he wis weari
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
yer ankle. Yer guid coat was manky. The polish that yer faither
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
le she conseedert her torn an manky jaicket an breeks. She had ac
a hospital, an a heap o thin, manky mattresses wis piled ootside.
2 matches

Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
And aw Meg will get is a manky sheeps cloot
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Dug, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
he dug got telt that it wis a manky messan:
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@johnstone_shane tweeted
the gag when ye see somethin manky. Hunners ae phrases lit that (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a guid wash - he jist looks manky lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

@beast_afc tweeted
r @dundeeunitedfc PPV and yon manky mob o weegies are gettin a fr(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ce bluto...you and me..wi mah manky breath... (2022) twitter link