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Use in varieties of Scots

trickit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 4.6 48.2 9.9 23.2 10.3 0
Number of occurrences479 32 1 4 1 0
Number of authors27 7 16 1 2 1

Occurrences of trickit in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
na stang ye. Serpents are ill-trickit craiturs. He micht stang ye f on page 88

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e Baudelaire bairns were fair-trickit wi it. on page 38

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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
his parade, or mibbe the ill-trickit goblin whispered some sleekit on page 80

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
trickit smirk. We gat uised wi aathin
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hant [Arnolphe], an auld, ill-trickit skellum that waantit tae get
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t's like for ye. Loads o weel-trickit fowk cannae. Jist like loads
annae. Jist like loads o weel-trickit fowk think that Scots is slan
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rns oot it could, and bi weel-trickit fowk as guid as masel. In fac
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
werena spickin tae me, ye ill-trickit wee gett.”
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
hell? Ah ken Ah wis fyles ill-trickit but seerly Ah didna dee that on page 41

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Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
thegither, bit - he wis fair trickit wi himsel neen the less. He s on page 17

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Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
gaitheret, ill trickit, an they on page 38

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ad jist sut there lookin fair trickit wi theirsels, like fit they'd on page 91

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ay," said Morrice, mynin foo trickit at wifie it Kintore hid bin w on page 44
v a pair!" Dottie leukit fair trickit wi ersel. "An do ye think the on page 72
enuch," said Jim, leukin fair trickit wi's choice o present. on page 79

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ye war richt trickit wi yer new timepiece, an ye d on page 20

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
's gweedwife an for ither ill-trickit proticks, an he crooned aa bi on page 84

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Pauline leukit fair trickit wi ersel es she passed anithe on page 41

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Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
be. The mither deuk wis fair-trickit and quaicked and claiked tae on page 16
grite deuk, and she wis fair-trickit. "Michty! That means deuk egg on page 21

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
abune warld, and she wis fair trickit. on page 115

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Och, ye ill-trickit wee smutchack!" gullert Ailic on page 10

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ht hae thocht it was some ill-trickit geets; but young eens wad niv on page 89

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
l pipes abeen the organ, fair trickit at the wye the hymns gaed ric
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
brimmed bonnet she ained. Foo trickit the craitur wis wi the braw f
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Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ging, just boakin. He wis nae trickit wi fit a said. He turned roon
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Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
ill trickit
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Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
fair trickit tae peep fit sunty’s left.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Lizzie wiz fair trickit tae tak the wecht aff her fee
tae the ward an losh wiz she trickit fin she saw Michael sittin up
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“CRAW CRAW CRAW”. The ill-trickit nickums o spurgies cheepit an
already, an the twa ill-trickit moosies chittered it wi theii
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
A wis fair trickit tae find this existit. If ivv(2020) search twitter
Thanks affa. Fair trickit. An A wis fair trickit tae he(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
loon wis, bit they were fair-trickit tae spot him! https://t.co/nE(2019) search twitter

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
Fair trickit tae find 'is, bein' a Meldrum (2018) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@MikeyR20 @AbzolutelyABZ Fair trickit ye liked e place. Next time y(2020) search twitter
@DoricPhrases Wiz fair trickit wi ma'sel.(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ame tae me! It must hae kent. Trickit. https://t.co/u0dvU3gS44 (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ill trickit on page 120

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
On dat rodd dey'll be nae ill-trickit craetirs on page 55
am da Göd Man - no some ill-trickit craetir. I am da Loard an All on page 69
Ee day a lok o ill-trickit an ill-vaandit craetirs cam t on page 121

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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e tink fokk caa wis trows ill-trickit? Whit a cheek.
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
nt wis gey owredue and Ah wis trickit tae attend its launch. Whit a(2020) search twitter