A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

peek Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 4 6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences138 4 0 1 0 0
Number of authors12 7 4 1

Occurrences of peek 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n up behind him, chokin fur a peek oot intae the street. He rais on page 60

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
We hesitantly peek backstage; thirr's a table ay on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e" ah add as ah take a casual peek aroond the room, jist tae be on page 34

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Mercie! Gies but ae peek o enlightened mind! on page 95

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ae his ain. An there ah canna peek unless… Ah might as well…
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Tak a wee peek at the trainers
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Wance ah’m back ootside, ah peek intae the pharmacy and spot t
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
e on noo darlin, nae need tae peek! on page 9

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ir shut, I'm richt feart tae peek on page 168

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"But bide a wee," the Eysters peek't, "Afore we hae our crack! on page 54

1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
got oot ower ma bed nd hid a peek through the curtains tae see
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
champions hae a tick bush dey peek oot fae ahint. An hit is usua
1 matches

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