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Use in varieties of Scots

seck Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9.9 1.5 19.9 5.8 10.3 3.9
Number of occurrences2620 1 2 1 1 1
Number of authors14 8 1 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of seck in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
tly. A bodie maun be gyte tae seck a well, aff-haund, in the hai on page 77

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
huiters got threitened wi the seck, but thair wis still a fair f on page 86

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
did. They had a muckle canvas seck, that tied at the mooth wi wh on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
o the single room an happt wi seck-claith, that wis aa that shie on page 50
id strips frae some lengths o seck-claith that he'd brocht frae on page 53

2 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ye wi mah ain cen. Ah'm fair seck o ye and yer sleekit weys." on page 1

1 matches

Ellet, Tom Lallans 104 - Smirr, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
squares. An auld mannie wi a seck on his back gaed hirplin thro on page 21

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ver a hint o onicbodie gettin seck fae eatin Nan's scran. She wi on page 57

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Oo'll yaise a auld hessian-seck. You tak the bottom lugs an A on page 83

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
, the cat pit thaim on, tuk a seck an fillt it wi corn an pit a on page 42

7 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
its a dicht on the auld bit o seck-claith by the back door, an e on page 17

1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
counts, cause A'm gie'in ye e seck'. Says e grieve till himsel, on page 107

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
chan body in a plastic manure seck. on page 57

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
is buljan an thratchan like a seck O rattans, refractors an conn on page 153

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
it in wir bank balance if dey seck me," I sighed, rekkin fur da on page 52

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
seck it wis ithin saiconts whan he
1 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
a day mae branes are a baul o seck watter; it'll bae tha morra a on page 30

1 matches

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