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Use in varieties of Scots

lurkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 3.1 4.5 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences136 3 0 0 1 3
Number of authors11 5 3 1 2

Occurrences of lurkin 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

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
icht eneuch Einar's boats wir lurkin in thrie voes ettlin tae ambu on page 14

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Lurkin in ither rooms beside yer maw on page 31
Too mony wi oor virus lurkin drookit in the rain, ootside. on page 136

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
frae him that visit. Some lurkin secret skeltered on page 112

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fortune she wis shuir wis aye lurkin. She kep’ a wee beuk wi aw
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
™ then the English is ayeways lurkin’ there – is it the bottle
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
y. Times ye'll fyne an E-boat lurkin aboot there. They ken that me on page 45

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
here are some unsavoury types lurkin aroond this pliss. Ah felt sa on page 40

1 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
panion' could manage. An ash, lurkin amon 'The Red Herring' or 'Al on page 22

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
storie gans at this wolf wis lurkin in o ae slack, oot on the hil
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
bin decreed that Lucifer was lurkin in iverie corner, aal trussed on page 42

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thon lurkin thug, on page 24
creepin, lurkin, skuttles roond, on page 36

2 matches

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