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Use in varieties of Scots

cruik Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 3.2 0 0 0 0 26.5
Number of occurrences126 0 0 0 0 6
Number of authors5 3 2

Occurrences of cruik in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
He micht cruik afore yeir feet. on page 48

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rth an totterec forrit on his cruik. 'Nou ye can tak auld Tibbie on page 24
r on the cheek, picked up his cruik an stooped ablow the laich li on page 59

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
an findin that wis ma goal. A cruik ma hochs aside ma bed, like A on page 83

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
23 (A sang o Daivit anent tha Cruik) on page 68

2 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
s an oul wumman, hirplin wi a cruik an daen-oot leukkin. Grace ru
A can hirple tha best oan ma cruik but A be tae lay masel doon a
tae John can mak ye a dacent cruik,” she sayed. Then a thocht
trang an wud be betther nor a cruik”. John sayed aye an Grace t
4 matches

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