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Use in varieties of Scots

winked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.1 3 29.8 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences124 2 3 0 0 3
Number of authors8 3 2 2 1

Occurrences of winked in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wee lassie, she said, an she winked at me, Ah'll caw her Kirsty. on page 59
Ah'm serious, he said, an he winked at me, Ah've got a rep tae pr on page 169

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'd forgotten ah wis there. He winked at me.
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
pstick. Asked for some sugar, winked at me and asked me across 'fo (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
her mither raged. Bit her Da winked at her frae ahin her Ma's bac
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s a withering scowl. The cook winked at her, though, and said, “
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
They winked at each ither, a blink oan th on page 28

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e winked, then watched me is I poored on page 72

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
They winked at each ither, a blink oan th on page 154

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ds gaithered roon, an Leonard winked an tapped the roof o the moto on page 2
e leukt up at hir dauchter an winked. "Fur I heared there was a bi on page 17
fur tae tak care o him." She winked an left the rest unsaid, awar on page 22

3 matches

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