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The word 'boakin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boakinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1107
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of boakin in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
his chips were minging, just boakin. He wis nae trickit wi fit a
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ate and drank until they were boakin. on page 39

1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
slitterin an boakin his saul oot in the siver on page 141

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
mah da getting oot ae bed an boakin like fuck. Weird how ye cin t on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Boakin every time ye wake an beelin on page 79

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I feel sae bad I'm nearly boakin! on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
igh waw aw roond it, and reek boakin fae its lums, and unco wheech on page 7
d-up green hairy-oobits wioot boakin. "Noo listen," I said (speaki on page 81

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ct, a puckle o ithers stertit boakin is weel. on page 18

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Girnin an boakin in the howdie's airms. on page 51

1 matches

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