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The word 'keekit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
keekitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44721
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 38 15 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of keekit in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
haar du wis gane, an ah'm aye keekit mysel fur no aksin dee oot, s on page 40

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Beldie keekit roon the kitchen curtins te s on page 24

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Minnie keekit up at her mither tae see foo
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
At the hinneren, he keekit doon her mou.
tae Snochrie the Snawman, an keekit inno the twa blaik coals that
ang time, as wis quate. Mooch keekit oot, his
hocht her hairt wad brak. She keekit up at a star
Teenie keekit oot at shelvin o loaves, baps
5 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
ng his dowp hid gaed numb. He keekit up aat the pulpit. The meenis
across his lug. The meenister keekit oot ower his pulpit, his een
2 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
as he keekit in throu the gless.
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Ailice keekit roun aiverie-like, an saa at on page 28
Ailice keekit roun about her in a fair stam on page 33
ae the neist knaggie, far she keekit backlins for jist a mintie ta on page 35
ht itsel awaa, for fan Ailice keekit up, there wes naethin avaa ta on page 44
wer himsel an his bridder, an keekit up intil't. "Na, I dinna thin on page 58
Also on pages 61, 96
8 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
aund, an as the fowk o Europe keekit oot o their cave shelters in
1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
. He pit oot his fag dowp, an keekit oot a clean bit windae. on page 82

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
y. He opened the bellement an keekit up an doon the street, but th on page 91
ere wis nae sign o Davie. She keekit oot the witherer ev'ry few mi on page 95

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
Airchie keekit up ootthrou the near-shut cur on page 125

5 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
An keekit in, an keekit in:
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Airchie keekit up ootthrou the near-shut cur
I keekit at the muckle rid aicademic g
air an no helpin 'hings." He keekit back doun throu the trees at
He keekit ower an doun at the Cairnsmil
He keekit up at me. "It's time I puld t
5 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t, anither ane. IIk time they keekit oot o the windae the weather on page 64
n. He gied his heid a shak an keekit ower tae his richt fae the co on page 65

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Mrs Cameron keekit oot o the bedroom windae, saw
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
got the better o her, an she keekit roon Raggle. E’en fae the c
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
whaur a scientist keekit at a keest on page 24

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
a year haed come ti pass. She keekit stowlins at her mither an whi on page 21

1 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ah keekit roun, but the ither passenger on page 37

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
. Last o aw came the cat, wha keekit roond, as usual, for the wair on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
y on his shooder, and when he keekit up, he saw a tall mannie stau on page 54

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
near tae cresh laundin. Thai keekit frae amang weet claes tae wha on page 65

1 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
rt, a wee black-an-white face keekit at him frae the aither ruim.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an keekit doon at her chist. on page 30

1 matches

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