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plank Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 10.6 4.5 0 5.8 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences2921 3 0 1 1 3
Number of authors16 10 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of plank in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
an ma back wis as stiff as a plank o widd. I didna want tae get on page 54

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
those cunts. There's a wooden plank lyin on the deck. It's a big on page 28
n A'm gittin hit wae a fence plank. The wee nippy wans ir tryin on page 42

4 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
4 Plank on page 1

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is aboot tae make me walk the plank. And theday didnae disappoint on page 115

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
walk thi plank or join thi crew, on page 52

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
airch intae the clessroom and plank yer stuff doon on ony auld de on page 4

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
auchle findin a guid spot tae plank yer towel doon, On dreich and on page 2
sicht o yer bonnie wee face. Plank yer bahookie." on page 124

3 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
mma noticed a discrarded wood plank next tae the fence. "Gimme th
t, the skinwalker knocked the plank away, and scratched Emma's to
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
Rhona lauchs whan a plank faas lowse o the spaley wee y
gaes back an teers the lowse plank fae the yett an smashes at th
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n the meantime he managed tae plank it in the ruif o the latrines
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ot o yer freen's een, tak the plank oot o yer ain".(2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
If a plank o' wid's ower rough on page 117

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ma fushin gear roond. A’ll plank it here for the morn’s
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
run at him. Paul chucked the plank at it an the dug fell on tae
1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
aater, barely clingin ontae a plank o wid tae keep aflott. Da scr
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the ‘General’s Plank.’
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
her's ee, but dïnnae see tha plank ïn yer ain ee? Hoo can ye sa on page 80

3 matches

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