A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

licks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 3 4.4 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences106 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of licks in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n the table noo, givin it big licks. on page 26

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ve I got done fur joggin. Big licks this time. Bound over awready on page 1

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
iles aroond,' she said atween licks. on page 15

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
is fantoosh suit, gien it big licks wi some lines fae the play, j on page 134

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
when yir puppy licks yir face on page 47

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye'll get yer licks anither year.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tie ower muckle o fit the cat licks its erse wi." on page 85

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
i'worm licks ma beens on page 166

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@Ciaran_Dickson Giving it big licks with his phone to mock the st(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
the nor-east is giein it big licks the noo. We huvtae mind there(2020) search twitter