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Use in varieties of Scots

pike Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 3.5 5.9 0 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences137 4 0 0 0 1
Number of authors10 5 3 1

Occurrences of pike in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
leanin on the haft o a broken pike he'd liftit frae the field o on page 37
thfield gieq it a stab wi his pike. Sair woundit, the beast spra on page 38

3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
in doon frae the tree. 'Let's pike her key!' on page 41

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ime, wi Harry Watson an Lorna Pike, oo set aboot the lang haul f on page 59

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
eds for greed’. (A ged is a pike).
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ally strang eneuch tae heft a pike, he had the job o shuillin aw
1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
hairber and got sumbudee tae pike is up an take is haim tae Bod on page 55

1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
the dug fell on tae a rooshty pike. “Misty, no!” The dug let
ug let oot a weak pine as the pike tore through its heid. McDoug
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Celta @molach95 Auld wives an pike staves....Scots (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
ls. Jookin hoores," says he, "pike heids preens pile druv ahint on page 30

1 matches

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