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Use in varieties of Scots

chink Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.1 10.6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences168 7 0 0 1 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of chink in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the saft chink o cheyns carried awa on the s on page 25

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
A chink o licht. The smell o wid, war on page 49

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the makkin o ye, Davie. Jist chink whit the lassies' mak o ye wh on page 38

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ering ower ma pistol grips - chink-chink-chink o spurs. Bit inst
-chink-chink o spurs. Bit instead Ah dragg
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
bairns. It wis the first wee chink o normalisation tae creep int
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
intae his pooch wi a wechtie chink.
1 matches

Doric

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
t ma freen sees but through a chink on page 74

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
uld see fin she keekt throw a chink in the waa oot intae the nich
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
onno the grun, wi a chink, chink, chink, inno a wheen dubs on
, chink, inno a wheen dubs on the cas
2 matches

Southern

@projecthawick tweeted
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