A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cocky Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 2.6 3 69.6 0 0 0
Number of occurrences145 2 7 0 0 0
Number of authors8 4 1 3

Occurrences of cocky 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
First up's wee fat Mo, He's a cocky cunt, ah cin tell, so ah went on page 12

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Weel noo, ye cocky wee balloon, on page 29

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
poachers, wha were gettin gey cocky, an maist o them were nou gan on page 85

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
stertit gettin a wee bit mair cocky an sayin that if Scotland cui
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
een in the bargain basement o Cocky Hunter's warehoose for Gweed on page 29

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n affa pleased wi hissel, the cocky deil. Syne he turned his pape on page 86

1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Whut a cocky wee lad, he kent he wis the b on page 69
So 'Cocky', as ever, squared aap tae th on page 70
Poor 'cocky' as if tae atone for his sins on page 71

4 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And a stewed cocky chicken wi doughboys - Sheu on page 53
a big chap fur me age and as cocky as they come in spite o Faith on page 68

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tae eye them up wae a cocky glance on page 142

1 matches

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