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lukkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.3 8.7 1.5 0 0 0 208
Number of occurrences6517 1 0 0 0 47
Number of authors9 1 1 7

Occurrences of lukkin in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wled looder nor ivver. He wis lukkin fir seempithy, no a flytin. on page 34

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Him lukkin fell snod in hes weel pressit on page 26
curn, an sichted ae pleesant lukkin lass wha Ah'd spak tae aince on page 27

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
an an Fatty raired thegither, lukkin chief wi thairsels. on page 64
ls an the vyce, thai stelled, lukkin back tae see twa men luftin B on page 68

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Thon peeliewallie-lukkin wumman an her peeliewallie we on page 16
tapped typin, glentin upairt, lukkin fir inspiration in the lichts on page 18
s wir. Thai wir richt ootbye, lukkin in hes windea, ir aiblins com on page 19

4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
appeart frae nixt door. Teuch lukkin men, like Wullie’s dad an t
e’d jist cam frae. In fack, lukkin oot ower the reekie raws o Co
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Eh? Oh jist lukkin in the shed,’ Mary geegled.
ist tae her ain blenk een wir lukkin intae the frichtit anes o the
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ye mak o that?” she speirt, lukkin it Teenie. “Is that no spit
t shawin the richt respeck an lukkin up tae folk set abune thaim.
2 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Ah micht hae the answer ye're lukkin faur. Oh, an sumthin else, ni on page 84

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
On the hoovin hairt o Antrim, lukkin bak on page 1
A lukked roon, lukkin on page 7
For luk at ye!' she said, naw lukkin. 'Lake on page 10
Een tae een; jaist lukkin; an on page 11
Yince lukkin up, on page 14
Also on pages 26, 28, 29, 38, 48, 49, 51
17 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lukkin baith roads lake on page 33

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
urn yer bak on a bodie that's lukkin tha lenn o sumthin. on page 6
wull be gien tae ye, keep on lukkin an ye'll fin whut ye'r eftèr on page 7
ss proaphits. The' cum tae ye lukkin laik hairmless sheep, but on on page 8
Tha yins lukkin eftèr tha pigs run aff; the' on page 9

11 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Sauf yince mair, A stan lukkin oot on page 2
boys, he wus lukkin ruch. on page 6
f thaim wus that throughither lukkin, an she wud hae bin affrontit on page 15
hocht mebbe it wus an oul fox lukkin tae get intae tha hen-hoose, on page 17
lasses, oniehoo. Theyd no be lukkin ye tae tak thaim oniewhar fan on page 24
Also on pages 26, 29
11 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An the grass is lukkin greener, wae the bit o het an on page 48

1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
e cudnae see whut wye she wus lukkin — an she haed an unco heid
wumman wha sut gye an quate, lukkin at John splittin tha wuid int
rae tha wud, it wus that real-lukkin — an Dan wantit tae ate it!
3 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
s in the teemin rain, glaikit-lukkin oul swans an James Hamilton's (2016) twitter link
Ah'm quarely lukkin forward tae Stormzy's Glasto (2019) twitter link

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