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Use in varieties of Scots

junkie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 17.5 9.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3933 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 7 2

Occurrences of junkie in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
or a junkie aifter years oan the skag on page 36

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s cunt. Jesus, ah look like a junkie efter a weekend in Amsterdam. on page 14
ntae yin ae three categories, Junkie, Immigrant, or jist a run ae on page 122

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
As eh mutter in junkie jargon on page 96

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
et Tommy Campbell, Kirsty the junkie. Shut up, ah on page 128
, Fifteen-yir-auld an she's a junkie. She's no a junkie, ah said. on page 129
o Laura said looked hk a pure Junkie said she hadnae seen Wully or on page 134
tyle pure mair needles than a junkie hingin oot ma airm. Ah change on page 150
cs didnae know if Chris wis a junkie or a diabetic or an epileptic on page 169

10 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
palm wis sweatin mair than a junkie in an aff-licence. on page 57

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
it wes hiz ain faut. He wes a junkie, lang
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a junkie comin oot the door ay the clo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, some bloody doped up bloody junkie just called me an auld cunt,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a wean - a baby; his maw, a junkie hooer, an him an unwanted pro
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Some junkie bastart blagged ma wee brurâ€
’s him. That’s the fuckin junkie fae last night.’
seen him, din’t ah? Fuckin junkie bastart. Ma da just bought th
lk tae ye.’ he sais tae the junkie but he’s off - turnt oan h
ght. ‘YOU’RE GETTIN IT YA JUNKIE BASTART!’ McDade screams, b
12 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
she chewed meat oot this wee junkie cunt fur blowin a joint in he
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Luik at ye, ye auld junkie. Get aff the streets." on page 73

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
mither, Myra Anderson, wis a junkie: a feckless, fite-faced vratc
the Mr Fixit o Meikleburgh's junkie-lan, her current ee-candy an
pans. Some pan! Some flash! A junkie an a drooth – a kirn made b
nless he got rid o her an her junkie friens an hingers-on.
4 matches

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