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The word 'crank'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crankOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.177
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of crank in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
So aff on's bike did Willie crank on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
than a crank on a day like iday. on page 87

1 matches

(South) East Central

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
pump wi a lang irn hanle tae crank fir pumpin watter. Frae ootsi
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ower his granola, ‘Need tae crank it up, it’s baltic in here
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
fae the back ae the motor. Ah crank up the airwaves tae droon oot
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere yer fuckin gaun ya fuckin crank, ye!’ the boay sais, ragin.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Here, let me see ye crank the egg," said Maisie. '"Ther on page 11

1 matches

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