Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tucked	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	10.6	8.2	18.1	0	0	41.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	34	16	12	0	0	4	2
Number of authors	23	12	8			2	1

Occurrences of tucked in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
she managed tae git its boady tucked away unner her erm, mair or l on page 81
er side ae the grund." So she tucked the flamingo away unner her e on page 85

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
da huv git a wee bit ae poppy tucked away, enough tae git a whinin on page 7
ezin, snowin n aw this. We're tucked intae the room wae nae windae on page 32

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
thin. A sherp edge. A wee box tucked faur under the flair. She hau on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k caps or the tracky troosers tucked intae the slouch socks, but j on page 169

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e pull't the chain aff him an tucked yin end intae his belt. She p on page 84

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s, wi muckle care. Wi a stamp tucked in the breist pocket o his do on page 72

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
Ma bed iways his tae be made, tucked in a neatly, that is a must.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
forlornly at the rain, ba’ tucked ablow his oxter, then relucta
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
quickly turned ma heid away, tucked the back o’ her spraydeck u
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
the end ae their beid, airms tucked against her chest as if she w
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an hour ago and said - ” He tucked in his chin, tryin for tae im
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
s haufway doon the heid. Lugs tucked in. Choppy broon herr, langer
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
laried wi their zoom meetings tucked safely behind their clean fro (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
t later he cam doon, somethin tucked in ablow his coat, an opened on page 32

1 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Tucked at the back o her granmither' on page 22

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h," said Sandy as aabody else tucked in. "If ye dinna like aat tha on page 28

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
he pulled up his troosers and tucked in his simmit. on page 25

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
succeeded in gettan ids body tucked aweiy, comfortably enough, un on page 79
iss side o e groond." So she tucked id awety under her airm, at i on page 82
hing!" sade e Duchess, as she tucked her airm affectionately intil on page 85

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
rk, an an aal pair o troosers tucked in tae the tap o his socks. A
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
forrit on the seat, his hauns tucked atween his legs. Rain treetle
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ther, wis riggit in lang hose tucked in aneth his knee-length bree
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
nce. But fan ye’r lyin cosy tucked up unner the duvet the nicht,
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
en I wiz their age I'd o been tucked up inalo ma flanelette sheets(2011) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And hidden cottages tucked discreet on page 14

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
succeeded in gettin eets body tucked awa, comfortably enough, unde on page 81
is side o th gruund." Sae she tucked eet awa under hur airm, sae's on page 84
sie!" said th Duchess, as she tucked hur airm affectionately intae on page 87

3 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
lounged a wumman in blak, een tucked unnerneath eebroos plucked in on page 1
d - a clean, white undervest tucked intae broun, woollen troosers on page 11

2 matches