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Use in varieties of Scots

skippin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 8.7 3 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences2217 2 0 0 0 3
Number of authors17 14 2 1

Occurrences of skippin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, an the wee teeny leeks came skippin merrily alang, haun in hain, on page 78

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
yer auld pit lodge, wee Andy skippin school on the regular. Folk s on page 78

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Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
the rhymes fur cawin skippin ropes; whae's het?; on page 8

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
meesterie baist. Wee Mary cam skippin alang the pavvie juist as A w on page 59

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
y day so wur brains can start skippin' doon wee joyfoo pathways a' on page

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Yon Ridin Hood cams skippin hame. on page 36

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ady." Now ah kin feel ma hert skippin a beat and ma blood pressure on page 37
the flat ah'm quite literally skippin. on page 155

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Suddently, he did a funny wee skippin daunce in on page 67

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Safe as hooses while skippin and makin wee smells. on page 154

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
sh poor. We bought a light-up skippin rope wi the tickets and hud t on page 31

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Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
He sees ye skippin gairdens, on page 22

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
twa oors efterward, Morag cam skippin up her gran's peth. Jist tae on page 93

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
an weans the-day wadna ken a skippin-rope or a cahoutchy baa gin t on page 129

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Gilmour, Rosie Ma Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2014) Central, weans
The lassies like skippin n dancin
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
in bad. But it was mostly fir skippin classes tae play a game or tw
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
wee tunes an lowp in an ooto skippin towes. Bit I drew, an I likit on page 51

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@d_anderson878 tweeted
Are we spikkin skippin ropes? https://t.co/pfAgPoKSN(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
as ye can see, she's houlin a skippin raip in hir hauns. Noo, A hae on page 30

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