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Use in varieties of Scots

crookit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 3.6 9 9.9 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences177 6 1 0 0 3
Number of authors11 6 2 1 2

Occurrences of crookit in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Clatty an Crookit an Cauld on page 30

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wi a muckle sword that had a crookit blade. He wis wheechin aff he on page 20
wi; prostitution; illegal an crookit gamblin; muggins; theft; an a on page 104

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
thon crookit baurman, thon sodger, thae sa on page 105

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The crookit frame emergin frae this haist on page 12

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
zzle, cairries a black bible, crookit in his black suited elbuck. H on page 136

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ff me an smiled, flashin they crookit teeth like ah’d just telt h
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'LANG AN CROOKIT ROADIE on page 201

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hree neuks o the gairden. The crookit airm o the rodden wis the soo
Langlegs an crookit shanks.
2 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
s an his nose wis gey long an crookit, like it haed been brokken a
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A crookit fing'r frae abane on page 45

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an tha crookit wyes wull be makkit strecht, on page 73
ie baags!' Tha maistèr o tha crookit owerseer haed tae gie credit on page 97

2 matches

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