Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hunkers	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	3.9	3.5	4.4	0	0	0	14.5
Number of occurrences	13	7	3	0	0	0	3
Number of authors	12	7	2				3

Occurrences of hunkers in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
llwood! He courit doun on his hunkers and stelld himsel, wi ticht w on page 59

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Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
Auld Tod clockts me and hunkers doon, dumfounart. I hear his on page 71

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
concerts on Calton Hill (that hunkers up abune Regent Road at the e on page 105

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
quivalentʼ. Gaein doun on ma hunkers, taein the wee beast’s heid
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Ye got doon on yer hunkers, tuckit yer coat ahent yer kn
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
fash yersel”. Fae Dutch, “hunkers”; fae Scandinavian, “lugs
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
fit in the cave, doon oan wur hunkers
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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
' A haed tae gyang doon on ma hunkers files; an as aften as nae, A on page 89

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
l an glaiss, cockin up on its hunkers ower a stammygaster o cliff a
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wis fair hashed, doon on his hunkers
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
We doon on hunkers sut aa roon on page 10

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ha sheuch. He got doon on his hunkers an felt aboot in tha dubs an on page 13

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
o weel, an he got doon on his hunkers an caad oot tae it. Eftér a on page 18

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