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Use in varieties of Scots

crawlin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 8.6 6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2317 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors19 15 2 1 1

Occurrences of crawlin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
tsel, an wis in the middle aw crawlin away: besides aw that, thir w on page 81

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
A Tortoise crawlin ower the groond on page 29

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
n had streitcht itsel, an wis crawlin awa: forby aa this, there wis on page 44

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
' says I. 'See that Maggie's. Crawlin wi stuff. Any ae them'll dae on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Crawlin lichen kivvers thair bouks on page 11

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e'd be wabbit, pissed auf an' crawlin' oan yer haunds an' knees! Ye on page

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ae work. The poor buggers wur crawlin roond oan their hauns and kne on page 63

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
left oot in the sun in a big crawlin unwaashed pile. Hercules cove on page 22
At lang last, crawlin maist o the wey, he came tae on page 43

2 matches

Sangster, Maureen Lallans 73 - Stars, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
, Christmas hes got ayont the crawlin stage on page 56

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Older Scottish Tongue is fair crawlin. An environmentally sensitive
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
f A get oot the area that’s crawlin wi foggies, A could get unner
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
h can feel the creepin an the crawlin aye ower ma skin. Am in pain
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
’ but bodies lyin’ still, crawlin’ or moanin’ in pain. Red
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an ay they sycophantic laughs crawlin bastarts like tae dae tae ing
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Crawlin the streets at this time ae n
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Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
If I 'm crawlin on ma paws on page 81

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hirty year. Natur wis creepie-crawlin ower the steens, ettlin tae w
, the yalla an the green, cam crawlin inno the laichmaist boos an g
sautie. The waves cam creepie-crawlin up ower the san like a mither
3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
led itsel, an was in th act o crawlin awa: asides aw this, there wa on page 81

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Crawlin an creepin; on page 6

1 matches

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