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swick Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 7.2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1714 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 7 3

Occurrences of swick 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

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
an glentin ee. Ah breenged in swick, jist aheid o him, tirnt oan on page 27

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
sowl! She's ower guid for ti swick, but it maks nae odds. A maun on page 47

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Ya... wee swick!' the faither suddenly yauled on page 48
ma lady, that's whit ye ur! A swick and a liar!' on page 49
sliddery swick! He'll huv his heid in his ha on page 152

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
tae the lawyers: MacClutchie, Swick and Chancer, on page 123

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ercules kent he wis tryin tae swick him. He wid never see the cha on page 47

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Forleetit swords an horses swick becam Spitfires an Hurricanes on page 64

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Whan I gat swick't an geck't frae thon damn't on page 44

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
rty th...unnerin fu ...' wi a swick haun muivment, Ah tirnt the l on page 17

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
he wis ettlin tae swick her.
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
es wishin she’d no been sae swick aboot murtherin the kittling
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
nter sae’s Isa cuid see tae swick folk oot o thair chynge gin t
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
isn't it jist like her da tae swick? Isie her cousin wis a month
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
still: “Dinna clype, dinna swick, dinna be a snob.” If ye iv
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Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
it Andy said dinna fash, jist swick, mak on thit ye ken fit ye're

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