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The word 'clink'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clinkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92218
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of clink in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
tory fur I spent the night in clink. on page 30

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in the Inverness Clink. on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
stiltit convirsation ower the clink an tingil o cups an sassers a on page 22

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Wi the clink o the hyow an the fly-time ne
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
ye micht hear the clink o glass, on page 19

1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Time tae clink oor glesses high
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
bleatin o sheep an the cauld clink o siller in his pootch.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
says. Might as well be in the clink.' on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the swith-horss racin. Tynin clink at ivverie wauger wes
causies an the clink o pats an pans med up the lav
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A hear the clink-clatter o plates.
Milk bottles clink, an tho a try
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
e politeecians dash, Tae the 'clink' o thon auld tune! on page 214

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Dinnae think sic crambo-clink wull dae ye ony guid tho, on page 114

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And mammy wi ma da in clink in Paris on page 95

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
uttin peats when they heard a clink o bridle chains, an the louri on page 45

1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
CLINK! BONK! CLONK! on page 105
"Clink bonk clonk?" the wee maid tho on page 106

2 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
freens' crack begins tae clink an chime, on page 52

1 matches

Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Ye lost yer chairm, fer I hae clink
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae crankums, clash an crambo-clink, we'll dae whit ithers only t on page 77

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
at noo, an’ cans nae langer clink,
1 matches

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