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Use in varieties of Scots

dunk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3 3 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences106 2 0 2 0 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of dunk in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
kkin the puir puirer - a slam-dunk fer the profiteers. Gin There on page 95

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
s hoose wis a pure Midden, aw dunk and clarty, and it wis nae lo on page 146

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
y fund themsels in a gowstie, dunk, dowie laich-hoose. "This is on page 63

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
l. The seat, nocht mair nor a dunk nick in the rock, whaur he ha on page 65

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
shanks abuin the heich waa: a dunk cement waa that wes baith the
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@weenell3 tweeted
honJacobite Who didnae love a dunk in the sink ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
files darkness claspit saft dunk on page 23

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Breid tae dunk in yer soup fin it’s too het(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
w caas a see-saa a hedder-kin-dunk. I wis on da hedder-kin-dunk
. I wis on da hedder-kin-dunk at playtime. An trows should
2 matches

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