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Use in varieties of Scots

lanky Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 4.6 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences119 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of lanky in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
but hus a skinny build, quite lanky really. He's the youngest amo on page 8

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
if hed no called me fat. The lanky on page 1

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That's whaur a lanky man prone on the pavin asks y on page 43

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the trail, despite bein a big lanky bugger who could probably gie on page 11

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"This wye, Isa," the lanky yin snapped. "The newsagents on page 35

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
his granda. He's gat the same lanky frame and dark broon hair. on page 60

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
‘Oi, shut it ye lanky ignoramus’, giggled Evans,
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
flair, drawin ma eyes tae the lanky streak ay piss, Monty pullin
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The faither wis a lanky, win-dried man wia haurd face
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Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
turnit his heid back tae the lanky loon tae his rear, a puzzled on page 76

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Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Big lang drink o watter" is a lanky cratur. (2015) twitter link