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steak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 13.9 19.6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4127 13 1 0 0 0
Number of authors23 16 6 1

Occurrences of steak 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

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e them wae the good butcher's steak links fae the shoap oan Shett on page 8

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
1 kg stewin steak chappit intil bite sized cube on page 68

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
bullock's hert and prime-rib steak. on page 24

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e biggest and juiciest fuckin steak you've ever seen. You done yu on page 155
Ah tell him. "He'll expect a steak everynight. But if you pit hi on page 161

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A steak the Deil's sel couldnae chew, on page 133

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
at aa but steak an lobster? When ye've a taff on page 114

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
rtin an the prize wis a giant steak pie. Thon pie wid feed eicht on page 94

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ed haggis, others it would be steak pie. There wis a day when he' on page 44

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Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
apkins, toast oor memories wi Steak Bake.
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
™ a young guy chose tae hae a steak. When the the dishes were ser
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Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
braised steak sunday
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
She said she’d et two steak pies
on tae the shopes fur a pun a steak A boabin a’ threed an’ a
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
them wae the good butcher’s steak links fae the shoap oan Shett
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
him ‘’Ah ken Tuesday’s steak night. Ah’m aboot tae make
waitin and wonderin where his steak hus goat tae. By the time ah
ime he shovels another bit ae steak intae his greedy puss. The we
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Aye, that should keep him in steak fur a week, eh?’’
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
dy_Jarv @brendaanne66 IÂ’ve a steak bridie one ??(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
it's too cauld... :) So it's steak, and Pats home made tattie sa (2023) twitter link
d tae go oot Wullie.. So it's steak and tattie salad the night... (2023) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
we cannae dae ye a nice rare steak and a bottle o Chianti". "And(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
we cannae dae ye a nice rare steak and a bottle o Chianti". "And(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
k n a wee doggy bag - wae ur steak n gravy pies - eer sum mache (2020) twitter link
yversuszay cannae beat a guid steak roll brother - flash fry som (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fa quait." Isobel pokit it er Steak Diane an leukit on page 31
Eileen hid a steak wi some funcy saace; the maan on page 36
"An Ah'll hae the steak," said Morrice. on page 45

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the plates o Aiberdeen Angus steak an the stemmin dishes full o on page 28
leavin three-quaarters o her steak. "A bittie weel done fir me, on page 29

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
f ham, twa kynes o sausage an steak, afore they clart it aa in me on page 9

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A tuna steak is affa fine, an so's a hake on page 98
Fir ere's nae steak an nae crispbake on page 150

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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
tarvin' ken. How div I tak ma steak? Tak yer horns awa, wipe yer (2015) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Gammon Steak. Affa fine....but(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@LeftPeggers Steak n chips battered in gin rings(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I like sirloin steak on a Friday, wi piles o fried on page 31

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