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Use in varieties of Scots

brock Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.2 37.8 4.8 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences7571 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of brock in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Brock on page 45
'Brock!' skirled Mr Tod. on page 46
n his secret. 'Ma auld freend Brock,' he said, "this guddle's aw on page 447
'Stap! skirled Brock. 'Dinna tease us! I canna tho on page 48
Tod pit his face richt in at Brock's and in a pawkie whusper sai on page 49
Also on pages 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79
63 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
whaur thay leeved on the auld brock tatties an foozie neeps. Nait on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The brock at hes me - hark an think a on page 45

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
This is frae the innin o The Brock: on page 120

3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘The thummart, wil’-cat, brock and tod” (pole cat, wildcat
in his ‘thummart, wil'-cat, brock and tod.’
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ther character is cried Tommy Brock. An example o folk ower the w (2021) twitter link

Doric

Milligan, John Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, poetry
piggery yon lass wis frae hid brock an glaur an keech on page 40

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in the pitmirk cweel, like a brock or a rubbit or a futterat. Wh
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Brock??(thon's nae a badger!) https(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Whun Brock riz oot: dark nichts o darkes on page 26

1 matches

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