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Use in varieties of Scots

sneaky Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.2 2.7 6.4 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences105 4 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of sneaky 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 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Sneaky auld cunt,' Parker laughs. Fi on page 23

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the worst though: she dis wee sneaky silent wans that always smell on page 90

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
A big bowsie bleester frae a sneaky fritter. In a lane bus shelte on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
been staunin there fur, eh ya sneaky wee cunt? Ah’d huv caved ye
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@TheLoneWolf1969 ya sneaky bastard ?? stop making new pr(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ky an Ah ken he's bin haein a sneaky fag. Mebbe the special chuddi on page 93

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nie hummed alang as he teen a sneaky swally fae a new bottle o cha on page 59

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ee this gout! But Jess oot so sneaky wee bottle oot, fitba on, sli(2016) search twitter
cky fry up, followed by a wee sneaky dram on the whye hame https:/(2017) search twitter

Ulster

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
o visit again! May have a wee sneaky online hoke first ??(2020) search twitter