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Use in varieties of Scots

shank Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 8.9 7.4 0 0 10.3 9.7
Number of occurrences2618 5 0 0 1 2
Number of authors15 9 3 1 2

Occurrences of shank 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

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ti the shank o a mine, dishauntit mony yea on page 40

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
y-five got a haud o her richt shank and anchored it tae the groon on page 128

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'ye get a clocker inside the shank o a stick o celery. Yon's whi on page 8

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
en fur 'a sie-farin man wi ae shank'; an lat him ken the mament h on page 5

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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ma immediat misters, A tuik a shank o cauld lamm, a bottil o Beau on page 5

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
g cheil sut on a settil wi ae shank liggit alang o'd. on page 1
il hiz. "Puir Quentin! Is the shank gey sair?" on page 2

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
When aa leal legions shaw a shank on page 59

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ane or Hoggetscauf or Spinnle shank?" on page 42

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
leaf o the green, ay, shank o the white on page 25

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he lave o’m ye maun gang on shank’s naig. Bot gin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
es as he "...drap[s] doon the shank..." tae "...faddoms deepest b
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cairryin Abdul, wi his missin shank. The Auld Men tane it in turn
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
A bad her come doon tae shank at ma cheek;
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o pieces wi a haun like a ham shank.
pyoke the stump o a calfie's shank, frae horned hoof tae the kne
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. A crack hid appeared at the shank o the big drone so that wiz f
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ness, moss, mire, bay, naze, shank, ess. (2020) twitter link
Craiters spotted by shank‘s mare fae the hoose door ow (2020) twitter link

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Mulsintoun, Shank Fit Ferm Cottages, whae stuid
1 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
t An final loanen, The twelve shank timmer breekum went, Slowly w on page 30

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An anither was twa crossed shank banes. on page 11

1 matches

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