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The word 'crook'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crookOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of crook in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e, as thin as the links o the crook an a permanent dreep at the p
buck an a fag rikkin frae the crook o his moo. Syne intae the lan
ip o reid rinnin oot frae the crook o her moo.
3 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
s mannie. Ma Da wis sure that crook had picked it oot o some skip
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
crook" snaps Jonsar Eck. The bobby
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
u Jonsar, your naething bit a crook, yon strainers hiv jist
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
rs claimit that Wallace wis a crook? Nae shock there. But haud on
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Racking his mind as his crook stabs the sod, on page 15
ye're gaun? Ya crook!' he roars. Then tae me: 'Wil on page 127

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a lover an a crook, now em tellin it on page 12

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Rackin his mind as his crook stabs the sod,
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Bae hook nor bae crook. on page 23

1 matches

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