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The word 'howkit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
howkitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 16 12 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of howkit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
They hidna howkit a week, a week,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s tae come, because aa bairns howkit their neeps an fleggit ane an
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an smachrie – an these they howkit oot, biggin lang conveyor bel
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
roon. They howkit an powkit an raiked an haiked
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
then howkit it up the neist day.
tho I dooted gin they were howkit up
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'There's fossil-fish I mynd I howkit frae the face: on page 25

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
An howkit oot neep lantern een
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e fluirs wes aw rotten, sae A howkit thaim
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rie re-plooin o that field Ah howkit deeper intae ma maimrie an ru
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
We got oor ledder up an howkit oot
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Thon men, wha fairmed or howkit coal, on page 129

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o his favourite dish. Nan had howkit the big soup pot through an l on page 61
is that boadies stairtit bein howkit up in the Howff itsel, richt on page 109
anither coffin that had been howkit up fae its lair tae. This yin on page 110

3 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ht dae that wi mine (faan A'v howkit it). https://t.co/X5G2aY9rzZ(2020)

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
s o the Sahara are jist holes howkit oot the sand. This wis like a on page 80

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Ower the howkit an pittit groun on page 112

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
He howkit up a gob o sloch an shot it i on page 14

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
the acorn in the hole he had howkit, and happed it ower wi earth, on page 54

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
the lang tunnel they had jist howkit. Awthin wis quiet. 'Jings!' s on page 18
The big tree where Mr Tod had howkit his hole at the stert wis whu on page 22
The hole the machines had howkit oot wis like the crater o a v on page 28
Wee Tods that were aye wi him howkit fast and strecht. They were a on page 45
e howkin the new tunnel. They howkit on in silence. Brock wis a br on page 50
Also on pages 74
6 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he days whan gowd an leid wis howkit fae the grund, ontae Wanlockh on page 65

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
le sterling tradin area. Frae howkit-up hoards, it wad seem that t
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
ry Commission caws a new loch howkit in East Lothian ‘Pressmenna
1 matches

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