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Use in varieties of Scots

straikin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2.1 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences74 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of straikin in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
on his back doon a river, or straikin oot fae yin island tae anithe on page 65

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n wi a wumman’s haun saftly straikin his face. He opent his een. I
re catched,” he whuspert, straikin her face saftly, “on nae ac
Bit she lingert, straikin his broo. Whan wad she e’er
3 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
prince spak tae her doucely, straikin her hair. She didnae spikk, f on page 122

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
bell wi a cloot, an Isie wis straikin the kittlin ae meenit an puui
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
puffin et yon lang fag an straikin her lover-boy's pow, on page 141

1 matches

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