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Use in varieties of Scots

boke Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.2 10.1 3 9.9 0 0 44.3
Number of occurrences3320 2 1 0 0 10
Number of authors16 8 2 1 5

Occurrences of boke in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the hill. E'en then, the dry boke gaed on for anither hauf-hour on page 53

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
fore ye start work hittin the boke aw the wiy 'n then try'n appr on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rtae cunt tae gee yae the dry boke at even the mere thoat ae his on page 116
k white drunk who's ready tae boke their load. Then there's aw t on page 171
tae us almost gave me the dry boke "You's two headin tae the par on page 198

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Gie's a basin. We're gonnae boke!' on page 1
littery look it wid mak a cat boke. on page 91
e stuff that wid mak a laddie boke. It micht even be arsenic and on page 120
'He'll boke it up soon, " Lavender said. on page 122
nae eat ony mair! Ah'm gonnae boke!' He wis still gaun strang. on page 123
Also on pages 135
6 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yir presence geez me thi boke, on page 45

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
hat mingin I'm gettin the dry boke jist fae touchin them." An as on page 48
wame, as if she wis aboot tae boke. on page 76
is enough tae gie onybody the boke. on page 125

3 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Lawland Scots1 the like o ay, boke (bowk), carnaptious, cowp, cr
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
lookin visibly ready tae dry boke. Fuck me, she’s tidy, eh? S
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
@NeilDrysdale Boke. Specifically "hittin the bok (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
oked haddock poached in milk. Boke.
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ein it a go wi the ither twa. Boke-poke ! Magic! https://t.co/yY(2020) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@OPOTY @ukphotoshow Nah! Jist boke for me I doot. Lights are owe(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Boke fae yer bake as "gellick!" on page 7
We'd gar a cratur boke? on page 17
It's enough tae gar a body boke - on page 38
That haughs a continuum o boke on page 51
callar water soomed a city's boke. on page 54

6 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
rig-oots. It gies me tha dry boke'", said big Rab, "Ye wudnae c on page 23

1 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Gien a rift an a boke
1 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
Here are a few for starters: "boke", "craic", "dander", "founder(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
gers wud gar the Ulster-Scots boke. Ye cannae bate a feed o cham (2016) twitter link

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