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Use in varieties of Scots

rakin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 6.9 11.2 0 23.2 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2613 7 0 4 1 1
Number of authors19 10 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of rakin in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Yakcam stertit rakin through his ain racin bit, an on page 86

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'So ye've been rakin then?' She managed tae make i on page 1

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
and Klaus spent a wee while-o rakin through Coont Olaf's kitchen on page 33

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ma luck the day ah found one rakin in the bins. on page 39

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Cakit wi glaur, fae rakin through the stoury drawers on page 123

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Koan, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
Rakin for the pronunciâtion suberi
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
find a muin tree? – stairt rakin here.
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
tuid the haundlin o mawin and rakin a hantle better as Cameron an
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
urdo. Hae a think on hoo muck rakin optics leuk gin ye arena Geor(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
t in the gairden howkin weeds rakin leaves an cowpin bruised aipp(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
gaed roon the hoose, rypin an rakin in aa the rooms an presses. on page 80

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Bi day A'll hae ye's rakin coals, on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Sunday morn rakin in i'dustbin. on page 148

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
’ll ken muckle aboot weemen rakin aboot i the nicht!’
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
edder. An aye e bricht licht, rakin, seekin, brichter an brichter
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
Efter rakin aboot for mony a day en haein

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ngus_the_Bull1 ma loon. I wis rakin through a pile o aul photies (2019) search twitter

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
, peltin up da rig. Dan, more rakin; back an fore, oot an in, up
an wir ready ta bigg. First, rakin it aa inta strips. First rake
a manual production line fae rakin inta roogs on da rig to teasi
iks. Mam's no done yet; she's rakin doon da sides, like a body re
4 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
n ma choukies. I fund Kilmeny rakin aboot in ma boxes unner the s
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A crew o rakin hallions, on page 35

1 matches

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