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lickin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 9 16 0 11.6 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences3117 10 0 2 1 1
Number of authors23 12 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of lickin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n that nice nex tae the fire, lickin her paws an washin her face-a on page 22

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n as the vocal type,' ah say, lickin mah lips an lookin at the lad on page 14

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
she sits purrin by the fire, lickin her paws an dichtin her face- on page 21

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo, who by now wis finishin lickin the papers taegether says wit on page 63
tae him efter jist finnishin lickin the papers taegether. on page 131
are runnin aboot Lickin balloons between their dancin on page 168

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ide. At the hairt o this erse-lickin approach tae the USA an Saudi on page 117

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
when yi lickin yir bahz on page 45

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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
'Och aye,' Peter smilit, lickin his lips, 'it wis coorse rich on page 44

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
is awfie tasty, Grannie said, lickin her lips. 'But ye hae tae be on page 8

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
the hole, Mrs Tod wis doucely lickin the dock o Mr Tod's tail tae on page 15

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
face lickin on page 21

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
fore comin furrit and stertin lickin ma haun.
chist, and sterts mercilessly lickin the face aff ma.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
m fishin an that.’ he sais, lickin the gum ay the skins an flipp
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
close tae us ah kin feel him lickin’ his lips near ma ear.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
vatin over oor dinner plates. Lickin oor lips at the thoat ae what
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
orgie oniebody that gaed iz a lickin like yon athoot giein thaim a on page 99

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t yer moo oan yer sleeve. Nae lickin yer knife, or aiven wirse - on page 53

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Oh! Oh! He...he's lickin the plate..." cried Elspeth. on page 32
lookin up, waggin his tail an lickin it baith their faces. on page 33

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
leuch at him, they gied him a lickin, pat a blinfaul on him an str on page 118

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
Abbie would get aff withoot a lickin o some sort, bit it wisna ony
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the green tinged flames were lickin roon the steens. As the aspen
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
Really nae a time tae be lickin fowk! https://t.co/OkdA94voGM(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
end’, Jim Bett fishing oot a lickin tae the aforementioned Hans, (2020) twitter link
meant there wis good chunce o lickin fae a Ferriers... (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
dat boannie-wyes bi da fire, lickin her paas an on page 22

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Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
idna laek tae say,” he said lickin his lips. “But if ony boann
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
purrin sae nicely b' th fire, lickin hur paws an washin hur face a on page 21

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
purrs that nice bae the fire, lickin hir paas an waashin hir dial- on page 22

1 matches

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