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Use in varieties of Scots

loof Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 10.1 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2120 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of loof in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
fence wi jist ae chap o their loof. A richt lion fence has tae b on page 6

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
.. A man hauds awthing in his loof an awthing skails past his ne on page 133

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
in back and forrit across the loof o her haun, wavin his pistols on page 152
ted lowpin up and doon on the loof o his mither's haun, screamin on page 153

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ken, he kissed King Geordie's loof, on page 42

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
r haunds. She held her on her loof and she skirled, "Hoo dae I s on page 102

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
He sat doon and pit his loof in his mooth. on page 27
it his neb intae this and his loof intae that, the mair things h on page 32
d his mooth wi the back o his loof, and chantit an oosie kind o on page 53
n ower it...and syne yin back loof...and syne the tither... till on page 58
e the wee-er yins, he waved a loof at them ower his shooder, and on page 70
Also on pages 80, 86, 98, 106, 112, 151, 167
13 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
The musicker tuk her loof an led her oot an she had ti on page 42

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An held them in ma loof. on page 23

1 matches

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