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Use in varieties of Scots

swanky Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 4.1 1.5 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences118 1 0 0 2 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of swanky 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

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
. "Ma fowk aye like me lookin swanky," the High Heid Yin wid blaw on page 56
r a daupit dumplin, so a' the swanky court fowk held their wheest on page 66

2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
faws for a weel-faur’d and swanky callant cried Walter.
hoin a line o Burns, whiles a swanky brand-name, het frae a nearha
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A swanky multi-coloured troot.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ity centre apartment or their swanky townhoose in the West End eft
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ur freedom. A’ we hud wis a swanky ower pricey place fer they po
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
heized-up an gien place in a swanky new hotel.
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
hole in a liner. Oh, it is a swanky boose fur a pair o
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ed in eurvin eet doon intae a swanky zigzag, an was gaun tae dive on page 51
t cushion; an, last o aw this swanky procession, came TH KING AN Q on page 78

2 matches

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