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Use in varieties of Scots

wicked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 9.1 6 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences2618 4 0 0 1 3
Number of authors18 10 4 1 3

Occurrences of wicked in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n, an the lambin - an wi the wicked warld gacin by her threshold on page 55
ee weeks syne, there'd been a wicked murther at Upper Wellwood. Wu on page 58

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or eftir eis wicked way. on page 101

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi aa thair wicked, daftlike ploys, on page 92
Ponders with wicked equivocation, on page 145

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A wicked wife wis she on page 68

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e auld line 'nae rest for the wicked' comes fae a man wha could ha on page 72

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
hey got me. They played their wicked music and forced me tae dance
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
nae wicked, evil, low deceiver
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
n YouTube, that wis jist pure wicked. I willnae go intae the detai
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
and o Oz, richt oan tap o The Wicked Witch o the West (a Maggie Th
ye drappin thon hoose oan the Wicked Witch o the West. Here, ye be
oan tae Dorothy’s feet, the Wicked Witch o the East appeared. Sh
wi fields o reid poppies. The Wicked Witch o the East cast a spell
oon rapidly gained hecht, the Wicked Witch o The East appeared fra
6 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
le experience. Except for twa wicked pieces o’ deliberate miscom
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
an mair ghouls an a trio o’ wicked witches. Nane o’ them spook
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
vish's look sma. We div hae a wicked sense o humour, Jess an me!" on page 109

1 matches

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
psy’. As soon as it spoke a wicked carline cried Tricky Trixie a
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
ndon Eye. You shud c Shrek or Wicked. so hope they come tae Eberde(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
a wik, the wife away fer the wicked wee her cronies & I've got a (2018) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
reetops high Looking doon wi' wicked een on page 42

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An in the wicked whup an flail o on page 13

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘But Queen Aoife was a wicked Queen an she sent craws from
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
me wi a smile and maybe a wee wicked grin
1 matches

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