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Use in varieties of Scots

scrawny Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.6 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences117 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of scrawny in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"But a curse upon these scrawny legs on page 11

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ere wis me, trembling fae the scrawny ankles up, worrying aboot how on page 37

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ah don't want tae end up dead scrawny. on page 137

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
His scrawny erse and broken leg trapped f on page 68

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
drivin, almost at ease. Fur a scrawny wee ginger bastard, eh? He do
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
eir wee heids twistit roun on scrawny necks, tryin tae mak some sen
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
eir midst. Een of the boys, a scrawny craitur wae a permanent smirk on page 74

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
orblie's blaeness o his lang, scrawny throat far the spit gaithered
it's airm aroion her, an that scrawny airm still hett, wis bit the
2 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I thraw yir scrawny owld neck on page 144

1 matches

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