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Use in varieties of Scots

blinked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 0 29.8 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences94 0 3 1 0 1
Number of authors8 3 3 1 1

Occurrences of blinked in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
y met sea, daurk Ellan Vannin blinked an ee. on page 25

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Klaus blinked and looked aroond the mankie on page 128
wis drooned wi licht. Awbody blinked and looked aroond, Mr, Poe le on page 158

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
me across the ankles, but ah blinked back ma tears. Ah wis never g on page 10

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
scratched himsel while Jessie blinked and said, on page 46

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
r an it filled the horizon. I blinked, rubbed me eyes and lukked ag on page 14

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
k o the grimleens. Mr Dursley blinked, an gecked at the cat. It gec
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
on dan tae grab him agaen. He blinked his een an gantit.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie blinked. Hir brither-in-law had died on page 4

1 matches

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