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honkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 13.4 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2826 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of honkin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Whit kind o honkin hackit brat on page 9
'She must hae been a honkin dame.' on page 19
And hae her honkin guts for tea!' on page 23

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma ma, Aw she wis absolutely honkin. Ma ma - said, Aye did yi se on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Whit a honkin wummin,' said Grannie Jockina on page 27
back. 'She's aye chawin that honkin auld daud o chawingum she's h on page 64
, and the hairy-oobits tastit honkin, and the Heedrum-Hodrums spen on page 79
o them mingin, but no jist as honkin as the hairy-oobits. Puir wee on page 80
Thas beatin plook, this honkin gowk, on page 91
Also on pages 113, 129, 148
8 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Rodrick's band are TOTALLY honkin, and I cannae thole bein in t on page 30

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Grannie! That's honkin! on page 7
Things wi a hummin honkin blaw. on page 15
anither aerosol can, NAE MAIR HONKIN DEODORANT SKOOSH, GUARANTEED, on page 21

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or Beardmore's honkin castles at Porkheid as weel. on page 37

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ae anither. Boggin gies aff a honkin humph o rotten chookie-skins. on page 10

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
hat reeked o some kind o pure honkin flooer forby. on page 13
oose, even though it wis pure honkin. Raither than lookin at the d on page 25
by Al Foncoot, cause it wis a honkin play and it disnae maitter ta on page 142
oor money back! That play wis honkin!" on page 155

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
mmer's, wi the wild wud geese honkin and singin heich in the blae on page 136

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Aw, slave, you're honkin. Dae you never waash? Ye no k on page 26

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e roostit tin sodger wid look honkin in his parade, or mibbe the i on page 80

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
ma ma, Aw she wis absolutely honkin. Ma ma said, Aye did yi see t
1 matches

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
ean and fleck been absolutely honkin (2020) twitter link

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
@denishakilloh Honkin’ ??(2020) search twitter