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Use in varieties of Scots

dook Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 11.1 13.4 0 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3522 9 0 1 1 2
Number of authors24 16 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of dook in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
could hook the bunnet aff the dook, and even then she'd only jis on page 24

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
glisterin reid jibble. SHEEP DOOK, it said on the label. FOR SH on page 29
blow! Fling me in the watter! Dook me in the burn! Dae somethin on page 41
d! Let's get tae it, Geordie! Dook a tassiefu oot o the muckle p on page 81

3 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
s made you got a drink o soor dook. N was for neep. The coos ett on page 120

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
n ti the shore wi me an tak a dook ti yirsel." The miller didna on page 42

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
while her friens wir hivvin a dook on page 27
gaan for a dook in the burn, on page 29

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
as coorse as Esau's ripe soor dook. on page 107

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ie hoyed him, 'Here for a bit dook ir ye?' on page 60

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
I could paiddle, splash an dook
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aboot, bairn, baith, braw, dook, drouth, dyke, ee, ettle, fas
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
eid, she wid lowp ower it, or dook tae the side.
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ister, he cam roond wi a soor dook face an layed aff at thaim ab
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
assed roon wi some kinna soor dook in thaim. Beatrice saw that H
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
mind. A’m gonnae hae a wee dook an wash ma claes, bit… D’
1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
t when he came back after the dook he got when they rolled him d
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
od o butter an some gravy tae dook it in(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
ht evil lessons fir Hallaeen! Dook fir aipples, listen tae ghais (2019) twitter link
ain, that will gang guisin or dook fir aipples the morra? https: (2018) twitter link
at colourin in oor 'neep' or 'dook' images! Click here: https:// (2018) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n this neuk hid geen in for a dook on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wi watter, fur the quinie tae dook fur aipples blinfauld. Efter
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
er the san an sweem aff fur a dook. Fin they war awa, Pranny lui
intae their tree efter their dook. Flee, tree, flee, cries the
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a gless o sour-dook for ma brakefast. A was gaith
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ried Percy. “I’ve haen ma dook for the day.”
ae the rim, an dived in fur a dook tae wash hissel clean. Mooch
a, an syne he wad gyang fur a dook in his bath. It wisna really
3 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@DaveofSomerset Gan in fur a dook?(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
l get a basin o da waater tae dook my sair taeclaas in eftir aa
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ed tae hae chainged since hur dook in th pool, an th great hall, on page 32

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lake lemons or soor-dook. on page 44

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
etie on me an sen Lazarus tae dook tha en o hïs fïng'r ïn tha on page 98

1 matches

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