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deuks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 11.8 15.1 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3523 10 0 1 0 1
Number of authors12 6 4 1 1

Occurrences of deuks in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ndy the heron fishin tae, and deuks amang the reeds, and in simme on page 17

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
d doon when a clatch o babbie deuks that had lost their mither fi on page 6

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
pyin whaur the whaups an wild deuks nestit, an wad whiles bring b on page 74

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
se fermer. He kept thoosans o deuks and geese. He wis a kind o ke on page 3
s Tod. 'Bring us twa creeshie deuks, wid ye please? Yin for yerse on page 10
'Deuks and geese!' skirled the Wee T on page 51
osans o the sonsiest sappiest deuks and geese, aw pookit and busk on page 52
we'll hae fower sappie young deuks.' He took them doon fae the s on page 54
Also on pages 56, 75
9 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ocks, lambin yowes an clockin deuks; they were aa at the auld, au on page 17

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
n balsam. Twa swans, a puckle deuks an a skurrel or twa for compa
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
tal fishpond. Twa-three dozen deuks paddled aboot in its clear, c
hair. He wis the keeper o the deuks an the pond. He brocht us int
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
, the horse skraiched it, the deuks quaikit it. They war that del
itherin o the hey. E’en the deuks and hens tyauved back and for
ava; the gleg-ee’d hens and deuks haed ingaithert the very last
n til his docht. The hens and deuks, for an instance, haint three
s, sic as the sheep, hens and deuks, wis no able tae learn the Se
5 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ut an maitit dogs The hens an deuks as weel on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
arn; sheep, nowt, pigs, hens, deuks, turkeys; an aa kines o tools on page 94

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ent o her eggs file the ither deuks quaicked awa and gaed for a s on page 16
The ither deuks waddlet ower for a gweed keek on page 18
y! Mingin! Bowfin!" the ither deuks quaicked fan he waddlet doon on page 19

5 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tae see him ae day, maitin e deuks in e park an leukin as hale a on page 88
At es, e deuks set up sic a squallachin 'at on page 89

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n da hill gaet, wi six peerie deuks ahint her - an even mair mir on page 92

1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
banties, an a lock o doos an deuks. on page 20

1 matches

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