A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

powkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 0 34.7 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences240 23 0 0 0 1
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of powkin 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.

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
m Willie heidit "Nae need for powkin in the dark Pit on the licht on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e, shakkin is heid. "Ah'm nae powkin aboot in the pick-daark wi fo on page 49
ails wi a penknife, howkin an powkin, tull he wis saitisfeed wi th on page 54

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n hersel here," said Morrice, powkin a black-affrontit Joyce in th on page 8
ye grinnin at?" speert Lorna, powkin Donald in the nbs. on page 39
e hauf a pun," consoled Alec, powkin it his salad fir the second S on page 71

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t the winda fin ye see a wire powkin up." on page 25
elt ma te shout oot, "At's it powkin up noo!'" on page 26
normal'," Ah said, grinnin an powkin oot ma tung. "Ah'm awa te ma on page 52

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
scaffold, braid showder beens powkin up the sark, that hid lost th on page 51

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Powk powkin in yer lug
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
auld bodach wi his rib-beens powkin oot like a toast rack cam sha
"Wheesht!" snappit Jenny, powkin a lang skein o fair hair ahin
2 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
at ett oot o yir han. Mowdies powkin a neb oot o e grun, blinterin
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
airns githered roon aboot him powkin at his broo and makkin fun o
wheesht. Onywye aifter aa the powkin an gyan, he wiz passed as A1
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
powkin aneth a steen wi an auld daud
my’s granfaither wis there, powkin aboot
room best ava. Skirly sterted powkin about in the larder. He vanis
Gracie Girn stoppit powkin in the san, an listened. She
scutterin wi his collection, powkin aboot like a
5 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
I dinnae want anither doctor powkin an howkin at ma mine. I juist on page 52

1 matches

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