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Use in varieties of Scots

lukk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 3.1 0 318 0 0 0
Number of occurrences386 0 32 0 0 0
Number of authors7 1 6

Occurrences of lukk in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hin wee an saft o her ain tae lukk efter. Mary stertit fir hame.
huskers an gied Mary a howpfu lukk.
aen her denner, she’d tak a lukk in oan the Bruntons efter aw.
3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
the boay’s hair. “Dinnae lukk sae bothert. It’s no yer fa
ie gied her man a disappintit lukk fir yaisin a wird like Bliddy
ert roond her wi an affrontit lukk.
3 matches

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Eyes still lukk up tae that patch o green, on page 10

2 matches

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Disna ivery lass lukk tae hiv her oawn hoos, on page 15

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
A funny chield tae lukk at aal the saam; on page 39
But Feyther taks a faer lukk in his een, on page 42

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We lukk'd like raffle prizes at the K on page 3
Some lukk'd at me wi new respect and I on page 9
die, runty, ginger thing that lukk'd wi bleary eye. on page 12
, at last, we got him oot, he lukk'd a sorry mess. on page 14
He lukk'd at me wi great surprise and on page 20
Also on pages 21, 25, 29, 42, 47, 52, 58, 61, 74, 77
20 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No hivan tae lukk fur a cott on page 79

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
he sky changes is we stand an lukk on page 34
ean seed. Awaey ower there an lukk' on page 72
Back tae the line tae lukk agen on page 105

4 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
He lukk'd up fae the harpsichord and on page 58

2 matches

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