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Use in varieties of Scots

swank Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3.1 1.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences96 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of swank in Corpus

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Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The very beasts thrave swank an sleek, on page 91

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The very beasts thrave swank an sleek, on page 53

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wer heels in love. He wis sae swank, sae guid-lookin. An he wis s on page 59

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The very beasts thrave swank an sleek, on page 91

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t a body needna be a leesh an swank kemp for tae taste the wunner on page 65

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, neb; verbs like chap, redd, swank etc. – aw wirds aboot whilk
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
day. Bit, min', it's nae for swank. Ye see, Jess an me werena ee on page 110

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
an awfy guid opportunity tae swank aboot whit she kent, as there on page 9

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ow, he was aal pale, sweat an swank. Nixt tae him lounged a wumma on page 1

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