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Use in varieties of Scots

howked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 11.3 3 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2522 2 0 1 0 0
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of howked in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ah'd like tae think thon lang howked fae abuin on page 61

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
she howked oot a wheen o them atween the on page 100

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
He cleaned his wallies, howked his nose on page 20

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Fir fowerty year and mair, he howked His sowel oot o the pit, on page 20
Oor farin, the ruits we howked. On oor luves an sleeps on page 41

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
stude braw. The moat wis howked oot fower- on page 18

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Wi his fingirs, he howked oot the contents o a aur o VI on page 20
AND BRICHT, it said. Geordie howked the orange-coloured waxy stuf on page 23
is cried DARK BROON. Braw. He howked it aw oot wi an auld spoon an on page 24
rannie's oxters. Then she wis howked nicht up through the roof... on page 71
the giant muckle pot. Then he howked the shoe-polish oot o its tin on page 85

5 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Beek were aye howkin. They'd howked oot a hole that deep ye could on page 20

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Wance the bairns woke up and howked their claes oot o the fridge on page 30
," Klaus said firmly. "Hae ye howked onythin oot fae thon book yet on page 86
er tae the cairdboard box and howked oot aw the maist mingin claes on page 116
t wee while, Violet and Klaus howked through the room and through on page 129

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
i've howked braider skelfs on page 29

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the Provost thocht. He howked fur words frae Weir. on page 112

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
human howked it haurd oot, and it bleezed on page 107

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
muckle gowd that some say he howked oot the river whaur Midas had
cam tae a bit open groond, he howked oot an aipple an rowed it ala
2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
reekin rich! I’m on a roll...howked oot weeds in the gress an pit(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
firelicht. As Minnie eidently howked at her neep, her faither read
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
echteenth century, its steen howked oot an shipped aff tae biggin
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
she howked oot, new - fangled, awful sh on page 18

1 matches

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