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Use in varieties of Scots

plooks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 4 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences118 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of plooks in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
it casts wee shadows oan yir plooks. Thir Immense in this light. on page 2
stoppin fir air. Pfffft. The plooks ur gone, but the eyes ur stil on page 3

3 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Throu years 0 mood swings an plooks, Stephen ne'er jeed his ginge on page 13

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
er frien tae pit up wi aa yer plooks, on page 119

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
label said. WILL SORT OOT COO PLOOKS, COO BILES, BAUCHLED HORNS, B on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and plooks aa owre their puses on page 1

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Says a loon wi a facefu o plooks
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
t a bit like Mad Coo Disease. Plooks. Thunnerstorms. Locusts. Dark
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ae-weel. There wis nae sign o plooks on her physog, like Jimmy Sha
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Like plooks erupt and explode on page 24

1 matches

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