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Use in varieties of Scots

flick Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 6.2 12.1 19.9 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2612 8 2 3 0 1
Number of authors21 10 7 1 2 1

Occurrences of flick in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
Whither ye flick through the rest o' this Wee on page

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aid EFF OFF. Ah never ah said FLICK OFF an it's no the same. Ah'm on page 19

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ntae the touer room and, wi a flick o his hook, sent her rescue d on page 123

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a wee flick on on page 14
yer sleive affspreing wi yin flick o yer tail on page 66

3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ush on the faur brae-face. Ae flick o the reins, an the horse's m on page 17

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
aid EFF OFF. Ah never ah said FLICK OFF an it’s no the same. Ah
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah flick oan the wee interior light an
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oat with the paddle an’ hip flick). A can see ye noddin’, sae
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
bling and ah use ma tongue to flick the frenulum under th’ head
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
int ah reach behind me and ah flick the light switch.
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa'd love tae be blunt. Flick ma hauns towards the miserabl on page 98

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
y, an hee's response weis tae flick on aboot ten mukkul spot lich on page 65

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an waterfalls lick an flick on page 44

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Roon at yer flat wi' Flick and Dick? on page 86

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
earer the lamp he started tae flick throwe the pages and stoppin
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Although Bert managed to flick his tab ash in his pint when (2016) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
decide on a Mullet or an 80s flick in the next puckle o wiks.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
on Flotta - steel tanks and flick'ran flame. on page 48
A flick o his tail hit me smack in th on page 72

2 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
sed inta orderly drills wi da flick o da rake. Some are colled in
it ower. Don't just pull it. Flick it ower. Turn da weet side up
2 matches

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
flick da switch? Wid du no
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Wae a wee flick an a half volley Healy left t on page 2

1 matches

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