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kicked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 25.5 17.6 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences6148 11 0 0 0 2
Number of authors42 32 9 1

Occurrences of kicked in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
this stuff? Oan ye go, or git kicked doon the stairs!" on page 49

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'We goat kicked oot ae there,' another member on page 10

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n his arse. Broonie n Addison kicked fuck oot him on the deck. His on page 20

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
a brush fur pittin up wi him. Kicked twa weans ootae me. Ma mither on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
the sweet simmer gress, they kicked up clods o the black yird and on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
It's best that ye dinnae get kicked, bit or beltit on page 74

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Coke can that's waitin tae be kicked aboot throughoot yur entire l on page 15
sed ah might jist git ma heid kicked in tae protect the soartae cu on page 44
ma heid. Will ah git ma heid kicked in? Are the teachers gonnae b on page 186

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
be needin that agin.' And he kicked the twistit lump o metal, tha on page 54

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ie burst Laura's nose an then kicked her in the mooth when she wis on page 81
she widnae answer he went an kicked the door in; Charlene wis lyi on page 149
Loadsa folk ah know huv been kicked ootae Youth Theatre. They aw on page 169

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
un - he lashed oot at Tam an kicked him sae sair that he lay like on page 95

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tin ignore and now she's been kicked oot the family. They dinnae k on page 27
e bear like Malcolm. Ah'd huv kicked that boy's arse tae kingdom c on page 111

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An tho we kicked nae dug tae daith on page 71

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Like a dog he de'ed, kicked, on page 22
Kicked his manglit bodie, at the las on page 29

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
an let it dry fur days. Syne, kicked across the yerd on page 59

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Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ey've kicked ower e theets, on page 70

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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
t it wiz jist ma luck that Ah kicked the bucket that Monday. Ma ai
ket that Monday. Ma ain. Aye, kicked it that bloomin hard that Ah
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
She’d kicked ma shin! Weel, twa kin play t
at me like a demented loon an kicked ma shin again.
hicken’s behinds. An if she kicked ma shins yin mair time, ah wi
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
neugh glossin wi wur chanters kicked in as ‘with our windpipes k
in as ‘with our windpipes kicked in’, gien that nae musical
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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
refused tae believe them, and kicked them oot, phonin their parent
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ae pour oot fae her fangs. Ah kicked oot an ah strugglt tae get oo
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
baw, sprinted up to the baw n kicked it wi everythin ah hud in meâ
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
t is that you'll get yer heid kicked in.'
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ack tae the library, ah kinda kicked ma heels and didnae want tae
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d Doris no long efter Sid had kicked the bucket, Elsie(Sid’s wid
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
se tin can an’ of course he kicked it. Bit furst he made a wee t
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
o unless they want their heid kicked in.’
n his face, but then the pain kicked in and it wis aw greeting, bo
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
movement. Celtic Connections kicked aff lest week i Glesca an wul
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
n flang him oan the flair and kicked him under the bloody table! E
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
arm and said if Aunty Marion kicked us oot because of it he’d k
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@alistairdunn tweeted
e join leeds last year, never kicked a baw and released, then mcco(2014) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
Coaching session and ma butt kicked (not literally) by @JeffBrazi(2015) search twitter
Official Fabby interview, and kicked ma butt intae gear! Hope tae (2015) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
bully boays yelled when they kicked yer bools an ran awa wi thaim(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ered aff in AD 410. They also kicked the shit oot the Vikings at L(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nd u adda luved it if she hud kicked him in the baws - the fecker (2020) twitter link
off brora before a baws been kicked - priceless lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
jist kicked ower the theats. But fitiver on page 63

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Freddie kicked in the door, Jane started tae on page 163

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ld hae teen Yon Wan Fittit an kicked him up the backside." Hardie
you jist teen your army beet, kicked
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Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
e skelpt ma ower the lug, and kicked a fitba at ma stroop
So I ran across and kicked his doke and then I ran awa
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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
twice a week afore this virus kicked off. Athing has been cancelle
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Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
banned. As a was walkin oot a kicked the bin ower and pit a stane
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ags. The auld brain cells hiv kicked in at last. A’lb hide here
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Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
an hide in the auld kirk. He kicked aff the lock an gid in. The k
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@72redz1903 tweeted
t comes tae Barron, heÂ’s nae kicked on this season but heÂ’s stil (2023) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
he white, peebly shore. Harry kicked aff his shuin. Gary an Jenny
l was lyinin his driveway. Ah kicked it atween twa jumpers an scor
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