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Use in varieties of Scots

packin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 6.9 11.2 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2113 7 0 1 0 0
Number of authors18 11 6 1

Occurrences of packin in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed streetchy bands, like that packin that kept things dry. Weird. on page 1

2 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
k the prose come tae life ... packin his bags gin the tourist-awar on page 84

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e day. He'd applied fur a job packin balls a wool in a warehouse o on page 54
he toilets. He's talkin aboot packin in the job anyway, Yi should on page 102

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
pauchled them ower in muckle packin-cases wi holes in them, and t on page 81

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
rapped the pluffen an startit packin it intae her stumer. on page 93

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
eel as a maitter o fac, I wes packin in the day onywey. I'm awa ta on page 65

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
but neither o them’s packin which limits ma options fairl
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
broad fir ower a month waeoot packin ony troosers or a jaikit!
1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
am packin it up
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m sittin here, packin some baccy intae ma pipe, dig
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
rs ago. Anyhoo, kept drillin, packin with plastic, but what to do (2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an. Ye can gie's a han wi ess packin - see fit ye're wintin te ta on page 80

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
neither - he'd hae sent him packin wi a flee in his lug. Fa diz on page 87

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
packin case, pot ana, wi nae a cloot
young game birds were sent packin, wi a shot or twa fae his dou
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
here?" he speared o a lassie packin ten tae the dizzen
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
put me inside an aal aluminum packin case which isna magnetic an t
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
We spint hoors packin up a' wir loot
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
n I worked in da fish factory packin mackerel. And it maks me thin(2020) search twitter