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Use in varieties of Scots

glancin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 4.1 0 0 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences138 0 0 1 0 4
Number of authors6 3 1 2

Occurrences of glancin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
A kin see a few cunts n burds glancin at us, wonderin who the fuck on page 28
oops! Know wit Amean?' A say, glancin over tae the burds n winkin a on page 30
pulation, Wee guys n burds ir glancin through and whisperin as they on page 51
s was your bad flu?' he says, glancin towards ma maw. She shifts un on page 54
ch, in the meantime, he says, glancin towards the two polis doin th on page 58

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ht ae this pretty tidy lassie glancin acroass at me. She's huddled on page 174

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gazin doon oer her sleepin an glancin oot oer the Gothic grandeur a
ah foallie him oot the room, glancin back tae the frail auld ghost
2 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
ry noo an dan I could see her glancin across at me.
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The square bottle glancin lake fire, on page 6
The watter, glancin ower its dark, on page 17
The glancin jab an stoory flail o the for on page 27

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
us changed, an hïs claes wur glancin white turnt. An, luk see, tha on page 86

1 matches

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