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Use in varieties of Scots

creeps Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 5.8 1.6 0 5.8 0 8.8
Number of occurrences1511 1 0 1 0 2
Number of authors14 10 1 1 2

Occurrences of creeps in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ime!" he thocht, wi the cauld creeps. on page 137

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
bottles. They're cannae-creep creeps. So whaur the fuck? I go caun on page 1

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wance the mirk creeps in on page 47

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
al monster wha gied the cauld creeps tae baith teachers and bairns on page 61

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Yi see, it creeps aboot withoot an invitation on page 89

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Creeps in her back close i the mirk, on page 80

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
creeps close ahint.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ur best tae gie evrybuddy the creeps A much scarier sight ye’ll
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e hospital gees me the fuckin creeps.
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
there.. Cauld, and it's thon creeps intae yer bones cauld.. :( An (2023) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He creeps up wi'oot a soon on page 182

1 matches

Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Hunter creeps in an draas up his legs. Ald
1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Sae creeps tha growin morn, on page 41

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
™ but tae mae min’ a vision creeps,
1 matches

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