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Use in varieties of Scots

mink Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 6.1 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1612 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors11 7 3 1

Occurrences of mink in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
like a mink. on page 103
Eh felt like a mink when eh looked in thi sink. on page 104

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a wee broon monkey. Ay whit a mink, she said. Aye ah know. Ay im on page 98
he badly needs a wash the wee mink, he said, Mind an tell her ah on page 169

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The wee lassie in the siller mink coat!' on page 66
o bonnie ye look in that braw mink coat! Pm sae gled ye could co on page 68

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
hich wis nice, and so wis the mink, I think. on page 95

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
h-clooth, the green jaicket's mink collar shines as much as it d on page xvii
. Ah rubbed ma hauns over its mink collar, green fabric and plea on page 54
as-tree green coat wi a broon mink collar. Ah wore a thin gold c on page 75

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
g mair, like Todds. Baudrons, Mink?" on page 79

1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
lomanský on a version o Blue Mink’s The Banner Man enteetled
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Monday they caad me a giekit mink on page 55

1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
e 'hinkin', 'at ah'm a skanky mink
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
tae maist fowk I wis a Logie mink. I can relate tae much o this (2020) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
saaften lik a wife's mind in mink on page 111

1 matches

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