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Use in varieties of Scots

winks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 4.1 6 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences148 4 1 0 1 0
Number of authors10 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of winks in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
art mixin wae the troops. Eck winks at us, n him n Tam start talk on page 25
hur usual scowl, but smiles n winks. Monica gees us a wee cheeky on page 26

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, Iona an Aonghas ur back. Eh winks at Iona. Who winks? What sort on page 3

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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
whaur he wis takin his forty winks. Dave hated hyenas, tae his w
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tween yersels fae here.’ he winks at the heavy boay an bounds u
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ll git ye there, and the cunt winks at me as though ah’m no dyi
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ll jist lie here an hae forty winks." on page 11

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e ma een an hae anither forty winks. on page 46

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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
she’d like tae hae a forty winks on the settle. Whether it wiz
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
its fleein saucer haein forty winks. As Plinky cam nearer the dra
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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
espectable, says Clara. Aggie winks. The owld broon purse, leathe on page 30

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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
that winks doun at me frae the heivins.
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