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Use in varieties of Scots

streetched Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 11.8 13.6 0 5.8 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences3823 9 0 1 2 3
Number of authors16 9 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of streetched in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
telt Big Andy, the boy havin streetched, staunin there luckin his fai on page 79

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
in nae time flet an oo baith streetched oor legs tae win ower tae the on page 59

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Yer breakfast's streetched oot on the bed. on page 34

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
airdens, flanked bi firs that streetched back ti a misty horizon. Ye c on page 73
wdie an the stiff heather wis streetched oot as ar enormous trampoline on page 77

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a grin. 'Eric's lugs will huv streetched a lot in the last puckle o mi on page 149
eggie gawped open and her een streetched that wide ye could see the wh on page 168
'She streetched them,' Eric said. 'Ma mammy s on page 209
the muckle body o the Heidie, streetched full-length on her back on th on page 217

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
wis bricht, and his een were streetched sae wide ye could see the whi on page 16
taundin in a lang loabby that streetched awa in front o him as faur as on page 70
"They've ower-streetched him on the gum-streetchin mac on page 169

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
The broon chookie streetched its neck towards the spoon an on page 53

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tae try. Canna jist leave it streetched oot like that - its wee legs on page 60

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
m, and syne Rabbit got up and streetched himsel. on page 109

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ir in the mirk tunnel. Mr Tod streetched up and poued the flairboards on page 42
s and stappit on shelves that streetched fae flair tae ceilin, were th on page 52

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Airms oot-streetched and on wan leg, on page 20

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the frostlicht wi its streetched black neck. on page 112

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Awfie cannie, Hercules streetched his bow and fired an arra atw on page 15
ere were even a couple o folk streetched oot on the gress. on page 22
ad a girnie face on him as he streetched and strained tae haud up the on page 46

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
er couldnae see the ither leg streetched oot ahint her. He thocht she on page 72

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
The chiel streetched his airms, yaaned an stuck a on page 29

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
The chiel streetched an yaaned. He looked aboot hi on page 41

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
n the gairden path, her airms streetched oot, her haans grippit ticht, on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a loodspikkers; an queues aat streetched an snakit fir as far as ye cu on page 38
tryside, divn't ye, John?" Ah streetched oot on oor bed o hedder, girs on page 44
"Jack." Alice streetched ower the kitchen table an gri on page 89

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
er haan athort the cable that streetched oot ower Rubislaw Quarry an h
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Tae the North streetched a skyline o lang-shankit cran
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s, wis aa lines. Her hair wis streetched oot like
1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Her thin skeen streetched ower eddy an undertow.
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
e, heich on a braid muir that streetched oot on aa sides, fauld on fau
s o yowdendrift, tae the muir streetched oot afore us, fauld on fauld
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
bag, hir een shut, hir airms streetched oot frae hir face. She turnt on page 33

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
But streetched oot lowce an on page 15
Wat boags streetched braid alang the Maine. on page 19

2 matches

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